Betsi Gabriela Rivas Arteaga (born , San Carlos, Cojedes, Venezuela) is a weightlifter from

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. She won the silver medal at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

for her native

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n country in the – 48 kg weight division. Her first name is sometimes also spelled as Betsy. She won the gold medal in clean and jerk and bronze in snatch during the

2014 Pan American Sports Festival The I Pan American Sports Festival (Spanish: ''Festival Deportivo Panamericano'') was a multi-sport event held between 11 July and 30 September 2014 in Mexico. The Festival was organized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). Venues Th ...

. She also competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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1986 births Living people Venezuelan female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2007 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2011 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Venezuela People from Cojedes (state) Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Female powerlifters Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Venezuelan women {{Venezuela-weightlifting-bio-stub