José Rivera (ski jumper)

José Rivera
Full name	José Ignacio Rivera Marinello
nation	Spain
birthday	December 29, 1962
place of birth	Barcelona ,  Spain
size	171 cm
Weight	67 kg
Career
society	Esqui Super Molina
National squad	since 1981
status	resigned
End of career	1986
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 30, 1981

José Ignacio Rivera Marinello (born December 29, 1962 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish ski jumper .

Career

Rivera, who started for the Esqui Super Molina club , made his debut in the ski jumping World Cup on December 30, 1981 at the opening event for the Four Hills Tournament 1981/82 in Oberstdorf . From the beginning, however, he was unsuccessful in the highest competitive series. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1982 he jumped to 58th place on the normal and 55th place on the large hill. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , which were also considered the Nordic World Ski Championships , Rivera started from both hills. From the normal hill he reached the 54th place with jumps on 72.5 and 72 meters. When jumping from the large hill, he jumped 84 and 76 meters and came in 48th place in the end. In both competitions he was the best participant in his country. Even in the World Cup competitions after the Olympic Games, Rivera remained consistently unsuccessful and only achieved lower placements without winning points. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1985 in Seefeld in Tyrol he reached 49th place on the normal hill and 55th place on the large hill. After another unsuccessful participation in the Four Hills Tournament 1985/86 , he ended his active ski jumping career.

Web links

• José Rivera in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• José Rivera in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )