Venezuelan weightlifter (born 1986)
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Rivas and the second or maternal family name is
Arteaga.
Betsi Rivas
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Born | (1986-10-02) October 2, 1986 (age 37) San Carlos, Cojedes, Venezuela |
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Height | 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) |
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Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
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Country | Venezuela |
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Sport | Weightlifting |
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Event | 48kg |
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Betsi Gabriela Rivas Arteaga (born October 2, 1986 in San Carlos, Cojedes, Venezuela[1]) is a weightlifter from Venezuela. She won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country in the – 48 kg weight division. Her first name is sometimes also spelled as Betsy.
She won the gold medal in clean and jerk and bronze in snatch during the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.[2][3]
She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
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