Wanda Rijo
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| National team | Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||
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November 26, 1979 San Pedro de Macoris | |||||||||||||
| Residence | La Romana | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||
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Wanda Rijo Contreras (born November 26, 1979) is a female 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 had an encounter with God and now along with her husband Argeli Rodriguez, she is a pastor at Monte de Dios, La Romana.[1] She was inducted to the Dominican Republic Hall of Fame in 2016.[2]
References
- ↑ Durán, Florentino (2016-05-28). "Wanda Rijo" (in Spanish). La Romana: Listin Diario. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ↑ Carmona Jr, Bienvenido (2016-10-17). "Wanda Rijo: "Oré a Dios por esta exaltación"" (in Spanish). El Nacional. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
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