| Birth Date: | 17 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Coquimbo, Chile |
| Height: | 1.61 m |
| Weight: | 75 kg |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Event: | Women's 75 kg |
María Fernanda Valdés Paris (born 17 March 1992) is a Chilean weightlifter.[1] She won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in the 75 kg event and also at the 2015 Pan American Games in the 75 kg event.[2]
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg event finishing ninth.[3] She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In the Pan American Weightlifting Championships 2016, held in Colombia, she took first place. In that competition she lifted a total of 244 kilos, tying with the Colombian Valoyes, but the lower weight of the Chilean won her the gold medal.[4] Days later, Chilean Weightlifting Federation confirmed her for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.[5]
At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Valdes finished seventh in the final of the under 75 kilos category, lifting 107 kilos in the snatch, and 135 in the clean and jerk, totaling 242 kilos.
She qualified to represent Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[6] but had to retire less than two weeks before the start of the event due to a shoulder dislocation.[7]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
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| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
 London, United Kingdom | 75 kg | 96 | 7 | 120 | 127 | 5 | 223 | 6 | |||||||
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 75 kg | 107 | 6 | 135 | 5 | 242 | 7 | ||||||||
| Pan American Games | |||||||||||||||
 Lima, Peru | 87 kg | 110 | 112 | 2 | 140 | 143 | 147 | 1 | 259 | ||||||
| Bolivarian Games | |||||||||||||||
| Trujillo, Peru | 75 kg | 95 | 4 | 120 | 125 | 2 | 220 | ||||||||