Yaniuska Espinosa
Venezuelan weightlifter (born 1986)
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Full name | Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 37) 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ 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
Media related to Yaniuska Espinosa at Wikimedia Commons
- Yaniuska Espinosa at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Yaniuska Espinosa at Olympics.com
- Yaniuska Espinosa at Olympedia
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+75 kg (1999–2015) · +87 kg (2019–)
- 1999 Cheryl Haworth (USA)
- 2003 Carmenza Delgado (COL)
- 2007 Oliba Nieve (ECU)
- 2011 Oliba Nieve (ECU)
- 2015 Yaniuska Espinosa (VEN)
- 2019 Sarah Robles (USA)