Yaniuska Espinosa
 Espinosa at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1986 Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (251 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's +75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jorge Rivero[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa (born 5 December 1986) is a Venezuelan weightlifter who competes in the +75 kg division. She won gold medals at the 2014 Pan American Championships and 2015 Pan American Games, and placed seventh at the 2016 Olympics.[1][2]
Espinosa took up weightlifting aged 13 in Puerto Cabello. She is married to Juan Jose Camacaro and has three sons, Luis Alberto (b. 2007), Luis Eduardo (b. 2007) and Omar Jesus (b. 2008).[1]
She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
- ^ Benitez, Karla (5 October 2022). "Guayanesa Yorgelis Salazar y Orluis Aular aportan oro para Venezuela en Asunción 2022". Primicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Women's +87 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
External links
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Media related to Yaniuska Espinosa at Wikimedia Commons
- Yaniuska Espinosa at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Yaniuska Espinosa at Olympics.com
- Yaniuska Espinosa at Olympedia
+75 kg (1999–2015) · +87 kg (2019–) | |
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Venezuelan female weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Venezuela
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games
- South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists
- 21st-century Venezuelan women
- Sportspeople from Puerto Cabello
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Bolivarian Games medalists in weightlifting