25 Facts About Yuderqui Contreras

Yuderqui Contreras went to the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was 5th.

Yuderqui Contreras was one of the two athletes that represented her home country in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Yuderqui Contreras failed her three attempts in the snatch stage ending with no mark.

Yuderqui Contreras was awarded Dominican Republic Athlete of the year in 2005, and as of 2012, she have been awarded Female Weightlifting Athlete of the Year six times.

Yuderqui Contreras is two-time gold medal winner in Pan American Games, in 2007 and 2011, and silver medalist in 2003.

Yuderqui Contreras is the record holder of these games, which she set in the 2007 edition and improved in the snatch in 2011.

Yuderqui Contreras is a Central American and Caribbean Games two-time gold medal winner, in 2006 and 2010 and record holder, set in 2010.

Yuderqui Contreras is the fourth of five siblings, her parents are Aristides Sanchez Reyna and Eridania Contreras, who raised her.

Yuderqui Contreras went to Ana Josefa Puello elementary school and Gaston Fernandez Deligne and CENAPEC High school.

When Yuderqui Contreras was a teenager she started training in athletics in San Pedro de Macoris, where she grew up, but had to quit because her father could not take her to practice every day, and she was not allowed to go by herself.

Yuderqui Contreras stayed in weightlifting because she liked the way her body was changing, mainly her legs.

Yuderqui Contreras is a member of the Dominican Republic Army, and in February 2011 she was promoted from sergeant major to second lieutenant.

Yuderqui Contreras is known for being quiet, shy and humble.

In 2006, Yuderqui Contreras was selected by the local Olympic Committee and Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana as Athlete of the Year for 2005 and received an award of RD$100,000.

Yuderqui Contreras dedicated the award to her mother and her coaches.

In recognition of her athletic success representing her country, the Dominican Republic Sports Ministry rebuilt Yuderqui Contreras' house, being re-inaugurated in February 2007 by the Minister Felipe Payano.

Yuderqui Contreras received the support from the telephone company Tricom to train in Bulgaria as part of the company's "Tricom Sport Project", and she and national athletes Gabriel Mercedes and Victor Estrella later received incentives for RD$100,000 after winning.

Yuderqui Contreras finished in 4th place after the winner, taekwondo practitioner Gabriel Mercedes, table tennis player Wu Xue and volleyball player Bethania de la Cruz.

Yuderqui Contreras participated in the Women's Sports Festival held in Santo Domingo taking the competitors sports oath, her first competition after the London Olympics and she confessed that she felt that she could overcame what happened there.

Yuderqui Contreras was awarded 2013 athlete of the year in weightlifting by the National Olympic Committee and along with Brayelin Martinez and Yenebier Guillen as the only females awarded by the Guild of Sport Writers for their success in the previous year.

Yuderqui Contreras said that every award she received she take it as the first one and that she hope to continue being the queen of weightlifting.

Yuderqui Contreras's coach confessed that she made the same mistake with her arms in her two fails with 113 trying to set a new record.

Yuderqui Contreras felt disappointed with herself because she was in great form for the competition, but she said that always prepares herself physically and under God's willing.

Yuderqui Contreras went to the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games as one of the main medal hope, she was trying to win the gold and set new records working with her coaches Hector Dominguez and Felix Ogando.

Team partner and bronze medalist Yafreisy Silvestre later revealed that Yuderqui Contreras was suffering from an injured leg before the competition.