Jose Miguel Mena Rodriguez (November 6, 1986 – October 31, 2021) was a Peruvian-born American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who had been competing in the United States from 2003 until his death. He won his 2,000th race in 2020. He was from a Peruvian family involved in horse racing. His father Jose is a retired jockey.

Mena's first horse racing related memory was of Grozny winning the Derby Nacional.

Miguel Mena

Mena won two Grade 1 races in his career, and in 2015 he swept the major three-year-old stakes races at the Fair Grounds aboard International Star.

Miguel Mena

Mena was killed on October 31, 2021, when he was struck by the driver of a vehicle as a pedestrian on Interstate 64 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Miguel Mena

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1986 births

2021 deaths

Peruvian jockeys

American jockeys

Sportspeople from Lima

Peruvian emigrants to the United States

Road incident deaths in Kentucky

Pedestrian road incident deaths