Yuderqui Contreras

Who is Yuderqui Contreras?

Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras, also known as Yudelkis Contreras, is a Dominican Republican female weightlifter. She is two-time gold medal winner in Pan American Games, in 2007 and 2011 and silver medalist in 2003. She is record holder of these games, set in the 2007 edition and improved in snatch in 2011. She is also Central American and Caribbean Games two-time gold medal winner, in 2006 and 2010 and record holder, set in 2010.

Contreras is a two-time bronze medal winner at the World Weightlifting Championships: 2005 and 2010. She went to the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was 5th. After the games, she was accused to fail a dopping control, but the case endend with her name clean. She was awarded Dominican Republic Athlete of the year in 2005, and as of 2012, she have been awarded six times Female Weightlifting athlete of the Year.

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 first round ending with no mark.