Manuel Rivera (athlete)

Manuel Rivera

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Rivera Guevarra
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Born	(1935-01-01)1 January 1935 Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Died	14 July 1994(1994-07-14) (aged 59) Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Events	100 metres, 200 metres

Manuel Rivera Guevarra (5 January 1935 – 14 July 1994) was a Puerto Rican sprinter. He won medals at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 1962 Ibero-American Games.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Puerto Rico
1954	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mexico City, Mexico	17th (sf)	100 m	11.2
10th (sf)	200 m	22.1
5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.0
1959	Central American and Caribbean Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	100 m	10.87
1st	200 m	21.79
2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.27
1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.91
Pan American Games	Chicago, United States	5th (sf)	100 m	10.5
10th (sf)	200 m	21.9
5th	4 × 100 m relay	41.7
3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.4
1960	Ibero-American Games	Santiago, Chile	11th (sf)	100 m	11.0
6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	42.6
1962	Central American and Caribbean Games	Kingston, Jamaica	15th (h)	100 m	10.8
6th	200 m	21.8
4th	4 × 100 m relay	41.2
Ibero-American Games	Madrid, Spain	2nd	100 m	10.9
4th	200 m	21.7
5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.7
1963	Pan American Games	São Paulo, Brazil	12th (h)	100 m	10.96
6th	200 m	22.0
5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.02

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 10.4h (1955)
• 200 metres – 21.4h (1955)