Nicaraguan javelin thrower (born 1970)
Rigoberto Calderón (born 21 April 1970) is a Nicaraguan former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. His personal best was 71.62 m (234 ft 11+1⁄2 in), set in 1997. He represented his country at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics.[1]
He was twice a silver medallist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, finishing behind Manuel Fuenmayor both times.[2][3] He was also a bronze medallist at the inaugural 2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics.[4]
He competed for Nicaragua at the 1995 Summer Universiade, 2003 Pan American Games, two editions of the Central American and Caribbean Games, and five editions of the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. Calderón was highly successful at regional level, taking six consecutive gold medals at the Central American Games from 1990 to 2010 and setting a Games record of 71.00 m. He was also four-time champion at the Central American Championships in Athletics.
International competitions
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Notes
|
1990
|
Central American Games
|
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|
1st
|
64.84 m
|
CAC Games
|
Mexico City, Mexico
|
10th
|
59.24 m
|
1991
|
Pan American Games
|
Havana, Cuba
|
15th
|
59.62 m
|
Central American Championships
|
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|
1st
|
64.68 m
|
1992
|
Ibero-American Championships
|
Seville, Spain
|
14th
|
61.08 m
|
1993
|
CAC Games
|
Ponce, Puerto Rico
|
5th
|
63.72 m
|
1994
|
Central American Games
|
San Salvador, El Salvador
|
1st
|
68.14 m
|
Ibero-American Championships
|
Mar del Plata, Argentina
|
8th
|
65.14 m
|
1995
|
Pan American Games
|
Mar del Plata, Argentina
|
7th
|
69.58 m
|
Universiade
|
Fukuoka, Japan
|
21st (q)
|
62.48 m
|
1997
|
Central American Games
|
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
|
1st
|
71.00 m
|
World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
20th (q)
|
67.92 m
|
1998
|
CAC Games
|
Maracaibo, Venezuela
|
6th
|
69.41 m
|
2001
|
Central American Games
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
1st
|
68.69 m
|
CAC Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
2nd
|
67.00 m
|
2002
|
Ibero-American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
8th
|
66.05 m
|
2003
|
Central American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
1st
|
68.14 m
|
CAC Championships
|
St. George's, Grenada
|
2nd
|
67.50 m
|
Pan American Games
|
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|
10th
|
66.98 m
|
2004
|
Central American Championships
|
Managua, Nicaragua
|
1st
|
70.29 m CR
|
Ibero-American Championships
|
Huelva, Spain
|
10th
|
60.16 m
|
2005
|
Central American Championships
|
San José, Costa Rica
|
2nd
|
62.19 m
|
2006
|
Central American Games
|
Managua, Nicaragua
|
1st
|
66.64 m
|
CAC Games
|
Cartagena, Colombia
|
4th
|
65.91 m
|
Ibero-American Championships
|
Ponce, Puerto Rico
|
7th
|
66.93 m
|
2007
|
Central American Championships
|
San José, Costa Rica
|
1st
|
65.87 m
|
NACAC Championships
|
San Salvador, El Salvador
|
3rd
|
66.50 m
|
2008
|
Central American Championships
|
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
|
2nd
|
60.74 m
|
2009
|
Central American Championships
|
Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
1st
|
65.42 m
|
CAC Championships
|
Havana, Cuba
|
8th
|
64.76 m
|
2010
|
Central American Games
|
Panama City, Panama
|
1st
|
61.91 m
|
CAC Games
|
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
|
9th
|
63.34 m
|
2013
|
Central American Games
|
San José, Costa Rica
|
3rd
|
60.20 m
|
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