Carolina Valencia Hernández (born February 8, 1985 in Chetumal, Quintana Roo,

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) is a female weightlifter from

. She won the gold medal at the

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for her native

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n country in the − 48 kg weight division.

References

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1985 births Living people People from Chetumal, Quintana Roo Weightlifters at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Quintana Roo Mexican female weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican women {{Mexico-weightlifting-bio-stub