Dalia Contreras

Dalia María Contreras Rivero (born September 20, 1983) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in taekwondo.[2] She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th in her weight class.[3]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Contreras and the second or maternal family name is Rivero.
Dalia Contreras
2008 Summer Olympics - Sumeyye Gulec (GER, blue) v. Dalia Contreras (VEN, red)
Personal information
Full nameDalia María Contreras Rivero
BornSeptember 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 36)
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing49 kg
World Championships
2001 JejuFinweight (47 kg)
2003 GarmischFinweight (47 kg)
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo 49 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games[1]
2002 San Salvador Finweight (47 kg)
2006 Cartagena Finweight (47 kg)
South American Games
2006 Buenos Aires Finweight (47 kg)

She won a Silver Medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo[4]

In the 2002 South American Games in Brazil she finished in the second place in her category (Finweight –47 kg), but the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR) gave only Gold Medal in that category.[5] Finally, in the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires she won the Gold Medal.[6] Notwithstanding, that year ODESUR gave the silver and bronze medals

Olympic results

2004

  • Finish in 8th.

2008

  • Finish in 3rd, bronze Medal

References
  1. “Abanderado por el Pueblo” tiene 20 candidatos Archived 2008-08-02 at the Wayback Machine from ABN, 9 July 2008
  2. China wins women's under 49 kg taekwondo from the associated press, 20 August 2008
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dalia Contreras". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  4. 14th Pan American Games -- Taekwondo at usa-taekwondo.us
  5. Rio: Taekondo Brasileiro conquista mais tres ouros e mantem duelo com Venezuela from Comite Olimpico Brasileiro, 9 August 2002
  6. Resultados de la octava jornada de los VIII Juegos Odesur Buenos Aires-2006 from Terra/AFP


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