Valeria Rivas

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Valeria Rivas
Personal information
Full nameValeria Rivas Mosquera
Born (2000-04-23) 23 April 2000 (age 24)
Sport
CountryColombia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class81 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Colombia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 81 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guayaquil 81 kg
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 81 kg S
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 81 kg CJ

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]

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
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Colombia
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 81 kg 102 106 108 6 126 130 132 7 238 7
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 81 kg 105 109 109 4 130 134 136 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 239 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bolivarian Games
2022 Colombia Valledupar, Colombia 81 kg 105 110 110 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 130 130 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "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.

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