Damaris Aguirre

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Damaris Aguirre
Personal information
Full nameDamaris Gabriela Aguirre Aldaz
NationalityFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Born (1977-07-25) 25 July 1977 (age 46)
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event75 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 75 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 75 kg

Damaris Gabriela Aguirre Aldaz (born July 25, 1977 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua) is a Mexican former weightlifter. [1] She won a silver medal for the 75 kg class at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a total of 240 kilograms. [2] [3]

Aguirre made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed for the women's heavyweight category (75 kg). She finished only in twelfth place by 7.5 kilograms short of her record from El Salvador's Eva Dimas, with a total of 222.5 kg (100 in the snatch and 122.5 in the clean and jerk).

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Aguirre qualified for the second time in the women's 75 kg class, by obtaining a place from the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. [4] Aguirre placed sixth in this event, as she successfully lifted 109 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 136 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 245 kg. [5]

Due to doping offences of other athletes found in 2016 she became Olympic bronze medallist from Beijing 2008. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damaris Aguirre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Obtiene Damaris Aguirre plata en pesas de Juegos Panamericanos" [Damaris Aguirre gets silver in weightlifting at the Pan American Games] (in Spanish). El Porvenir Mexico. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Damaris Aguirre, subcampeona en Río 2007" [Damaris Aguirre, runner-up in Rio 2007] (in Spanish). Esmas. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Ramirez, Raymundo (24 September 2007). "Dámaris Aguirre por su pase a Beijing" [Damaris Aguirre on her move to Beijing] (in Spanish). El Agore Mexico. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's 75kg (165 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "¿Dos medallas olímpicas más para México?". Sportspedia México. Sportspedia México. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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