Luis Joel Castro Rivera (born January 29, 1991) is a Puerto Rican track and field athlete who specializes in high jump. A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, he made his debut at the 2011 Grand Prix Ximena Restrepo in Medellín, Colombia, where he placed 3rd. He also participated in the final of the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing 13th and in the final of the 2019 World Championships reaching the 12th place. He won the gold medal at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games with 2.25 m and a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games with 2.24 m.
On 21 May 2023, he jumped the current Puerto Rican national record with 2.30 m in Garbsen, Germany. He also holds the national indoor record with 2.26 m (29 January 2019 in Cologne, Germany). On 7 Aug 2024, Castro Rivera competed in the Men's High Jump Qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he finished in 15th place.
Competition record Representing 2011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico9th2.10 m2012Ibero-American ChampionshipsBarquisimeto, Venezuela4th2.22 mNACAC U23 ChampionshipsIrapuato, Mexico2nd2.21 m2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia11th2.15 m2014Ibero-American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil2nd2.26 mCentral American and Caribbean GamesVeracruz, Mexico10th2.05 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil13th2.25 m2018Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia4th2.28 mNACAC ChampionshipsToronto, Canada9th2.16 m2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru8th2.18 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar12th2.19 m2022Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucía, Spain7th2.15 mNACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas8th2.16 m2023Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Salvador, El Salvador1st2.25 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary25th (q)2.22 mPan American GamesSantiago, Chile2nd2.24 m2024Olympic GamesParis, France15th (q)2.20 m2025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China9th2.14 mNACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas3rd2.21 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan –NM2026Ibero-American ChampionshipsLima, Peru7th2.05 mPan American ChampionshipsMedellín, Colombia4th2.09 mCentral American and Caribbean GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic9th2.05 m
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