Yuderqui Contreras

Yuderqui Contreras
Personal information
Full nameYuderqui Maridalia Contreras
NationalityDominican
Born (1986-03-27) March 27, 1986
San Pedro de Macorís
Height1.55 m (5.1 ft)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryDominican Republic
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)53 kg and 58 kg
Coached byFélix Ogando, Héctor Domínguez
Medal record
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Women's weightlifting
World Championships
2005 Doha 53 kg
2010 Antalya 53 kg
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro 53 kg
2011 Guadalajara 53 kg
2003 Santo Domingo 53 kg
Pan American Championships
2008 Callao 53 kg
2013 Isla Margarita 53 kg
2014 Santo Domingo 53 kg
2016 Cartagena 58 kg Snatch
2010 Guatemala City 58 kg
2004 Cali 58 kg
2012 Antigua 58 kg
Pan American Sports Festival
2014 Mexico 58 kg Clean & Jerk
2014 Mexico 58 kg Snatch
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena 58 kg
2010 Mayagüez 53 kg
2014 Veracruz 53 kg Snatch

Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras (born March 27, 1986), also known as Yudelkis Contreras, is a Dominican Republican weightlifter. She went to the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was 5th. After the Games, she was accused of failing a doping control, but the case ended with her name cleared. She was one of the two athletes that represented her home country in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She failed her three attempts in the snatch stage ending with no mark.

Contreras is a two-time bronze medal winner at the World Weightlifting Championships: 2005 and 2010. She 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. She is two-time gold medal winner in Pan American Games, in 2007 and 2011, and silver medalist in 2003. She is the record holder of these games, which she set in the 2007 edition and improved in the snatch in 2011. She is also a Central American and Caribbean Games two-time gold medal winner, in 2006 and 2010 and record holder, set in 2010.