Wanda Rijo
Dominican Republic weightlifter
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National team | Dominican Republic |
Born | (1979-11-26) November 26, 1979 (age 44) San Pedro de Macoris |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
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Country | Dominican Republic |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Wanda Rijo Contreras (born November 26, 1979) is a female former weightlifter from the Dominican Republic. She twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Rijo won the only gold medal for the Dominican Republic at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A year later she carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
She is currently a pastor at Monte de Dios, La Romana.[1] She was inducted to the Dominican Republic Hall of Fame in 2016.[2]
References
- sports-reference
External links
- Wanda Rijo at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for Dominican Republic Sydney 2000 | Succeeded by |
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75 kg (1999–2015) · 87 kg (2019–)
- 1999 Wanda Rijo (DOM)
- 2003 Wanda Rijo (DOM)
- 2007 Ubaldina Valoyes (COL)
- 2011 Ubaldina Valoyes (COL)
- 2015 Ubaldina Valoyes (COL)
- 2019 María Fernanda Valdés (CHI)
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