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 Bárbara Riveros steadily surpassing all her competitors at Lausanne, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37) Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Chile | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Triathlon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz (born 3 August 1987, in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean professional triathlete, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympian. She was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Sprint Distance Champion in 2012.
In France, Bárbara Riveros takes part in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. In 2011, Riveros represents Tri Val de Grey and won the opening triathlon in Nice (24 April 2011), and she placed third at the second Grand Prix triathlon in Dunkirk (22 May 2011) behind Andrea Hewitt and Emma Moffatt.
In Chile, Bárbara Riveros represents the Club Deportivo Universidad Católica and studies Nutrition at the Universidad de Chile.
Her coach was Jamie Turner up to 2010 when he was employed by the Australian NSWIS. Her present coach is Darren Smith. Bárbara Riveros' father, Agustín Riveros, is a physician and brought Bárbara into contact with sports in early childhood.
ITU Competitions
In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Bárbara Riveros took part in 47 ITU events and achieved 27 top ten positions. Riveros started the season 2011 with four medals, among which the silver medal at the World Championship Series triathlon in Sydney and the gold medal at the World Cup triathlon in Ishigaki.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.
| Date | Competition | Place | Rank |
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| 2002-11-09 | World Championships (Junior) | Cancun | 45 |
| 2005-09-10 | World Championships (Junior) | Gamagori | 9 |
| 2006-01-07 | Pan American Cup | Viña del Mar | 1 |
| 2006-01-22 | Pan American Cup | La Paz | 1 |
| 2006-09-02 | World Championships (Junior) | Lausanne | 41 |
| 2006-11-19 | ODESUR Games | Buenos Aires | 3 |
| 2007-01-21 | Pan American Cup | La Paz | 1 |
| 2007-01-28 | Pan American Cup | Villarrica | 3 |
| 2007-03-17 | Pan American Cup / South American Championships | Salinas | 3 |
| 2007-03-25 | Pan American Cup | Lima | 2 |
| 2007-04-22 | Pan American Cup | Buenos Aires | 2 |
| 2007-05-12 | Pan American Championships (U23) | Ixtapa | 1 |
| 2007-05-12 | Pan American Cup | Ixtapa | 5 |
| 2007-06-10 | BG World Cup | Vancouver | DNF |
| 2007-07-15 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro | 8 |
| 2007-08-11 | BG World Cup | Tiszaújváros | 50 |
| 2007-08-30 | BG World Championships (U23) | Hamburg | 17 |
| 2007-11-04 | BG World Cup | Cancun | DNF |
| 2008-01-06 | Premium Pan American Cup | Viña del Mar | 2 |
| 2008-01-13 | Pan American Cup | La Paz | 2 |
| 2008-03-14 | Pan American Cup | Salinas | 2 |
| 2008-04-06 | Pan American Cup | Lima | 1 |
| 2008-04-19 | Pan American Championship | Mazatlan | 4 |
| 2008-04-19 | Pan American Championships (U23) | Mazatlan | 1 |
| 2008-05-02 | Pan American Cup | Roatan | 1 |
| 2008-06-05 | BG World Championships (U23) | Vancouver | 5 |
| 2008-06-22 | World Cup | Hy-Vee | 17 |
| 2008-08-18 | Olympic Games | Beijing | 25 |
| 2009-03-01 | Oceania Championships | Gold Coast | 3 |
| 2009-03-29 | World Cup | Mooloolaba | 16 |
| 2009-04-05 | Oceania Cup | New Plymouth | DNF |
| 2009-05-02 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Tongyeong | 18 |
| 2009-05-31 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 20 |
| 2009-06-21 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Washington DC | 16 |
| 2009-06-27 | Elite Cup | Hy-Vee | 11 |
| 2009-07-25 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg | 5 |
| 2009-08-15 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | 40 |
| 2009-09-09 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Gold Coast | 35 |
| 2010-03-26 | ODESUR South American Games | Guatape | 1 |
| 2010-03-26 | ODESUR South American Games (Sprint) | Guatape | 1 |
| 2010-04-11 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Sydney | 1 |
| 2010-05-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Seoul | 2 |
| 2010-06-05 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 6 |
| 2010-06-12 | Elite Cup | Hy-Vee | 13 |
| 2010-07-24 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | 22 |
| 2010-08-14 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel | 32 |
| 2010-09-08 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final | Budapest | 21 |
| 2011-01-15 | Sprint Oceania Cup / Sprint Oceania Championships | Devonport | 2 |
| 2011-03-26 | World Cup | Mooloolaba | 3 |
| 2011-04-09 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Sydney | 2 |
| 2011-04-17 | World Cup | Ishigaki | 1 |
| 2011-06-04 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Madrid | 5 |
| 2011-06-18 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Kitzbuhel | 5 |
| 2011-07-17 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | Hamburg | 5 |
| 2011-08-06 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series | London | 12 |
| 2011-08-20 | Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Sprint World Championships | Lausanne | 1 |
BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start
Notes
- See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTAy# Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
External links
- Barbara Riveros Diaz' website Archived 2015-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Chilean Triathlon Federation (in Spanish)
- Bárbara Riveros at World Triathlon
- Bárbara Riveros at Olympedia (archive)
- Bárbara Riveros at Olympics.com
| World Champions in women's ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon | |
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- Chilean female triathletes
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santiago, Chile
- Triathletes at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Triathletes at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Triathletes at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic triathletes for Chile
- Pan American Games medalists in triathlon
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile
- South American Games gold medalists for Chile
- South American Games silver medalists for Chile
- South American Games medalists in triathlon
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games