Yaniuska Espinosa

Yaniuska Espinosa

Espinosa at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa
Born	(1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 38) Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	Women's +75 kg
Coached by	Jorge Rivero [1]
Medal record Pan American Games 2015 Toronto +75 kg Pan American Weightlifting Championships 2013 Isla Margarita +75 kg 2014 Santo Domingo +75 kg South American Games 2018 Cochabamba +90 kg 2022 Asunción +87 kg Bolivarian Games 2022 Valledupar +87 kg S 2022 Valledupar +87 kg CJ

Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa (born 5 December 1986) is a Venezuelan weightlifter who competes in the +75 kg division.

Career

Early achievements

She won gold medals at the 2014 Pan American Championships and 2015 Pan American Games, and placed seventh at the 2016 Olympics. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life

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]

Later achievement

She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
2. "Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
3. 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.
4. "Women's +87 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

Espinosa at the 2016 Olympics

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