Víctor Carmona

Víctor Carmona was a Puerto Rican high jumper who was entered at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics but did not compete. He also played volleyball with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. Carmona represented Puerto Rico at the 1956 and 1962 Ibero-American Games and set his personal mark of 2.00 metres in the high jump in 1960.

Carmona retired from athletics and volleyball after he was drafted by the US Army for the Vietnam War. After he left the military he became a physical education teacher in Ponce and an athletic trainer at the Ponce Vocational School. In 1998 Carmona was inducted into the Gallery of the Immortals of Sports Ponceño. He also became a member of the PUCPR Pavilion of Fame for Pioneer Sports.

Personal Best: HJ – 2.00 (1960).