Puerto Rico’s Olympic medalists in Paris received at La Fortaleza

From left, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, Sebastián Rivera, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Puerto Rico Olympic Committee President Sara Rosario (Facebook via Governor Pierluisi)

By The Star Staff

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia welcomed Puerto Rico’s two medalists from this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Sebastián Rivera, to La Fortaleza on Thursday.

The governor referred to the Olympic medal winners as “two of our greatest sources of pride.”

“Their impressive achievements at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are a true testament to their dedication, effort, and love for Puerto Rico,” Pierluisi posted on his social media accounts. “You have carried our flag with pride and continue to show the entire world what it means to be Puerto Rican.”

Camacho-Quinn, a native of Charleston, South Carolina who lives in Orlando, Florida, was the bronze medalist in the women’s 100-meter hurdles in Paris after winning gold in the same event at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. Rivera, a native of Toms River, New Jersey, took the bronze in freestyle wrestling at 143 pounds (65 kilograms) in Paris. Last week the three-time All-American and 2023 world silver medalist became an assistant wrestling coach at Columbia University in New York.

“The people of Puerto Rico are immensely proud of you,” Pierluisi said. “Thank you for being an example of excellence and for reminding us that, with determination and heart, there is no impossible goal. Always keep going, champions!”