Valeria Rivas

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

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

  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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