Yuderqui Contreras

Yuderqui Contreras

Personal information
Full name	Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras
Nationality	Dominican
Born	(1986-03-27) March 27, 1986 (age 31) San Pedro de Macorís
Residence	San Pedro de Macorís
Height	1.55 m (5.1 ft)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Dominican Republic
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	–53 kg and –58 kg
Coached by	Félix Ogando, Héctor Domínguez
Medal record Representing the  Dominican Republic Women's weightlifting World Championships 2005 Doha – 53 kg 2010 Antalya – 53 kg Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro – 53 kg 2011 Guadalajara – 53 kg 2003 Santo Domingo – 53 kg Pan American Championships 2008 Callao – 53 kg 2013 Isla Margarita – 53 kg 2014 Santo Domingo – 53 kg 2016 Cartagena – 58 kg Snatch 2010 Guatemala City – 58 kg 2004 Cali – 58 kg 2012 Antigua – 58 kg Pan American Sports Festival 2014 Mexico – 58 kg Clean & Jerk 2014 Mexico – 58 kg Snatch Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena – 58 kg 2010 Mayagüez – 53 kg 2014 Veracruz – 53 kg Snatch

Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras, also known as Yudelkis Contreras, (born March 27, 1986) is a Dominican Republican female weightlifter. She went to the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was 5th. After the Games, she was accused of failing a doping control, but the case ended with her name cleared. She was one of the two athletes that represented her home country in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She failed her three attempts in the snatch stage ending with no mark.

Contreras is a two-time bronze medal winner at the World Weightlifting Championships: 2005 and 2010. She was awarded Dominican Republic Athlete of the year in 2005, and as of 2012, she have been awarded Female Weightlifting Athlete of the Year six times. She is two-time gold medal winner in Pan American Games, in 2007 and 2011, and silver medalist in 2003. She is the record holder of these games, which she set in the 2007 edition and improved in the snatch in 2011. She is also a Central American and Caribbean Games two-time gold medal winner, in 2006 and 2010 and record holder, set in 2010.

Contreras is 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) tall 53 kilograms (117 lb), born on March 27, 1986 in San Pedro de Macorís. She is the fourth of five siblings, her parents are Arístides Sánchez Reyna and Eridania Contreras, who raised her. She went to Ana Josefa Puello elementary school and Gastón Fernández Deligne and CENAPEC High school. She is married to José Ariel Peña, and is the cousin of Wanda Rijo, two-time Pan American Games gold medalist in the –75 kg weightlifting category.

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