Valeria Rivas Mosquera (born 23 April 2000)[1] is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[4]
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| Full name | Valeria Rivas Mosquera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 81 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[5]
Achievements edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  Colombia
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
81 kg | 102 | 106 | 6 | 126 | 130 | 132 | 7 | 238 | 7 | |
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
81 kg | 105 | 4 | 130 | 134 |  |
239 |
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| Bolivarian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Valledupar, Colombia |
81 kg | 105 | 110 | |
130 | — | |
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References edit
- ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (15 December 2021). "Australia's long wait for world champion goes on as favourite Cikamatana bombs out". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Castellanos, Carolina (15 December 2021). "La colombiana Valeria Rivas ganó dos medallas en el Mundial de Pesas". RCN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Colombia se impone en el Panamericano de Halterofilia; Ecuador finaliza en el octavo lugar". El Universo (in Spanish). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
External links edit
- Valeria Rivas at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Valeria Rivas at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Valeria Rivas at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
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