Yuderqui Contreras
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Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras[1] (born March 27, 1986), also known as Yudelkis Contreras,[2] is a Dominican Republican 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.
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Full name | Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dominican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1986-03-27) March 27, 1986 (age 38) San Pedro de Macorís | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5.1 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | –53 kg and –58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Félix Ogando, Héctor Domínguez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.