Damaris Gabriela Aguirre Aldaz (born July 25, 1977 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua) is a Mexican former

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. She won a silver medal for the 75 kg class 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 C ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a total of 240 kilograms. Aguirre made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, where she competed for the women's heavyweight category (75 kg). She finished only in twelfth place by 7.5 kilograms short of her record from El Salvador's

Eva Dimas Eva María Dimas Fontanals (born 18 March 1973 in San Salvador) is a retired female athlete and weightlifter from El Salvador. Biography She competed for her native Central American country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in ...

, with a total of 222.5 kg (100 in the snatch and 122.5 in the clean and jerk). At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Aguirre qualified for the second time in the women's 75 kg class, by obtaining a place from the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Aguirre placed sixth in this event, as she successfully lifted 109 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 136 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 245 kg. Due to doping offences of other athletes found in 2016 she became Olympic bronze medallist from Beijing 2008.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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