Bella Paredes

Bella Nancy Paredes Arreaga (born 25 February 2002)[1] is an Ecuadorian weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2] She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3] She is also a former artistic gymnast.[4]

Bella Paredes
Personal information
Full nameBella Nancy Paredes Arreaga
Born (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportWeightlifting
Weight class76 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Ecuador
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Riyadh76 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bariloche 76 kg
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 76 kg S
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 76 kg CJ
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 76 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali–Valle 87 kg
Youth World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Las Vegas 76 kg

Career

Paredes competed in the girls' +63 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5] She finished in 4th place.[5] At the time, she finished in 5th place but Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand was stripped of her gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance.[5][6] Paredes won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Las Vegas, United States.[7][8]

In 2021, Paredes won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[9][10] She won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia.[1][11]

Paredes won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[12][13] She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[14][3] She won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[15]

Paredes won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. She also won the silver medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. In that same year, Paredes won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2]

Paredes competed in artistic gymnastics before switching to weightlifting.[4][16]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia76 kg1011051083rd place, bronze medalist(s)13013413562385
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia76 kg10510510741311351373rd place, bronze medalist(s)2403rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2023Argentina Bariloche, Argentina76 kg1001051072nd place, silver medalist(s)1271321342nd place, silver medalist(s)2372nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bolivarian Games
2022Colombia Valledupar, Colombia76 kg981021052nd place, silver medalist(s)1261311312nd place, silver medalist(s)——

References
  1. "Women's 87 kg Results" (PDF). 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. "Bella Paredes, con el dulce peso de la ilusión". Expreso (in Spanish). 27 November 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. Oliver, Brian (28 November 2019). "Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  7. Diamond, James (13 March 2019). "Yet more clean sweeps at IWF Youth World Championships in Las Vegas". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  8. "2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. Oliver, Brian (28 May 2021). "Weightlifting glory for Russia and Moldova at Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  10. "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. "Bella Paredes, la primera mujer ecuatoriana en conseguir ORO individual en Cali Valle 2021". Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano (in Spanish). 29 November 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  12. Oliver, Brian (7 May 2022). "Weightlifting gold medal for displaced Ukrainian at Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  13. "2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  14. Núñez, Felipe (4 July 2022). "Neisi Dajomes obtiene doble medalla de oro en los Juegos Bolivarianos". Primicias.ec. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  15. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  16. "Bella Paredes, la pesista de Babahoyo que se coronó campeona mundial". Primicias.ec (in Spanish). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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