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.

Betsi Rivas
Personal information
Born (1986-10-02) October 2, 1986 (age 37)
San Carlos, Cojedes, Venezuela
Height1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Venezuela
SportWeightlifting
Event48kg
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Venezuela
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro – 48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara – 48 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Callao – 48 kg
Pan American Sports Festival
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mexico – 48 kg C&J
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Mexico – 48 kg Snatch
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena – 53 kg Snatch
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena – 53 kg C&J
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena – 53 kg Total

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]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Betsi Rivas Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  2. ^ "Resultados por Prueba - Levantamiento de Pesas - Weightlifting - 48 Kg - Femenil - Arranque" (in Spanish). CONADE. 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ "Resultados por Prueba - Levantamiento de Pesas - Weightlifting - 48 Kg - Femenil - Envion" (in Spanish). CONADE. 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-23.

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