Bárbara Riveros Explained

Bárbara Riveros
Birth Name:Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz
Birth Date:3 August 1987
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Height:1.57m (05.15feet)
Weight:460NaN0
Country:Chile
Sport:Triathlon
Club:Universidad de Chile

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.[1] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank
  2002-11-09   World Championships (Junior) Cancun45
  2005-09-10   World Championships (Junior) Gamagori9
  2006-01-07   Pan American Cup Viña del Mar1
  2006-01-22   Pan American Cup La Paz1
  2006-09-02   World Championships (Junior) Lausanne41
  2006-11-19   ODESUR Games Buenos Aires3
  2007-01-21   Pan American Cup La Paz1
  2007-01-28   Pan American Cup Villarrica3
  2007-03-17   Pan American Cup / South American Championships Salinas3
  2007-03-25   Pan American Cup Lima2
  2007-04-22   Pan American Cup Buenos Aires2
  2007-05-12   Pan American Championships (U23) Ixtapa1
  2007-05-12   Pan American Cup Ixtapa5
  2007-06-10   BG World Cup VancouverDNF
  2007-07-15   Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro8
  2007-08-11   BG World Cup Tiszaújváros50
  2007-08-30   BG World Championships (U23) Hamburg17
  2007-11-04   BG World Cup CancunDNF
  2008-01-06   Premium Pan American Cup Viña del Mar2
  2008-01-13   Pan American Cup La Paz2
  2008-03-14   Pan American Cup Salinas2
  2008-04-06   Pan American Cup Lima1
  2008-04-19   Pan American Championship Mazatlan4
  2008-04-19   Pan American Championships (U23) Mazatlan1
  2008-05-02   Pan American Cup Roatan1
  2008-06-05   BG World Championships (U23) Vancouver5
  2008-06-22   World Cup Hy-Vee17
  2008-08-18   Olympic Games Beijing25
  2009-03-01   Oceania Championships Gold Coast3
  2009-03-29   World Cup Mooloolaba16
  2009-04-05   Oceania Cup New PlymouthDNF
  2009-05-02   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Tongyeong18
  2009-05-31   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid20
  2009-06-21   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Washington DC16
  2009-06-27   Elite Cup Hy-Vee11
  2009-07-25   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg5
  2009-08-15   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London40
  2009-09-09   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Gold Coast35
  2010-03-26   ODESUR South American Games Guatape1
  2010-03-26   ODESUR South American Games (Sprint) Guatape1
  2010-04-11   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney1
  2010-05-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul2
  2010-06-05   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid6
  2010-06-12   Elite Cup Hy-Vee13
  2010-07-24   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London22
  2010-08-14   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel32
  2010-09-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest21
  2011-01-15   Sprint Oceania Cup / Sprint Oceania Championships Devonport2
  2011-03-26   World Cup Mooloolaba3
  2011-04-09   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney2
  2011-04-17   World Cup Ishigaki1
  2011-06-04   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid5
  2011-06-18   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel5
  2011-07-17   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg5
  2011-08-06   Dextro Energy World Championship Series London12
  2011-08-20   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Sprint World Championships Lausanne1

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

Notes

  1. See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTAy# . Retrieved 21 June 2011.

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