Jair Portillo
Mexican high jumper (born 2002)
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Jair Portillo (born 28 September 2002) is a Mexican high jumper. He became Mexico national champion in 2025, and won the gold medal at the inaugural Pan American Championships in 2026.[1]
Biography
From Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Portillo is the younger brother of fellow high jumper Erick Portillo. They train with the support of the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE).[2][3]
In June 2024, Portillo won the True Athletes Classics in Leverkusen, Germany, after jumping 2.24 metres.[4] Portillo jumped a personal best 2.27 metres at the Mexican Championships in June 2024, finishing runner-up on count-back to his brother, Erick.[5]
In January 2025, Portillo placed third at the Otrokovice Jump 2025 on the World Athletics Indoor Tour held in Otrokovice, Czech Republic.[6] Portillo won the Mexican Championships in August 2025 with a clearance of 2.25 metres to win on count-back ahead of his brother, Erick.[7] Later that month, Portillo had a top-eight finish representing Mexico at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in August 2025.[8]
Portillo opened his 2026 indoor season with a third place finish at the VI Elmos International High Jump Gala, in Belgium in January 2026.[9] The following month, he jumped 2.25 metres to place fifth overall in Hustopeče in February 2026.[10] Selected for the inaugural 2026 Pan American Championships in Athletics in Medellín, he cleared 2.15 metres on 26 June to win the gold medal.[11]
Personal life
Alongside high jump, Portillo is a Mechatronics Engineering student at the National Technological Institute of Mexico in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua.[12]