Valeria Rivas

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]

Valeria Rivas
Personal information
Full nameValeria Rivas Mosquera
Born (2000-04-23) 23 April 2000
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

She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 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
World Championships
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand81 kg102106108612613013272387
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan81 kg10510910941301341362nd place, silver medalist(s)2392nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bolivarian Games
2022Colombia Valledupar, Colombia81 kg1051101102nd place, silver medalist(s)130130—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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