Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz (born 3 August 1987, in

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) is a Chilean professional triathlete, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympian. She was the ITU (now

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) World Sprint Distance Champion in 2012. In France, Bárbara Riveros takes part in the prestigious Club Championship Series ''Lyonnaise des Eaux''. In 2011, Riveros represents ''Tri Val de Grey'' and won the opening triathlon in Nice (24 April 2011), and she placed third at the second Grand Prix triathlon in Dunkirk (22 May 2011) behind

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and

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. In Chile, Bárbara Riveros represents the

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and studies Nutrition at the

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. Her coach was Jamie Turner up to 2010 when he was employed by the Australian NSWIS. Her present coach is Darren Smith. Bárbara Riveros' father, Agustín Riveros, is a physician and brought Bárbara into contact with sports in early childhood.

ITU Competitions

In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Bárbara Riveros took part in 47 ITU events and achieved 27 top ten positions. Riveros started the season 2011 with four medals, among which the silver medal at the World Championship Series triathlon in Sydney and the gold medal at the World Cup triathlon in Ishigaki. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU ''Athletes's Profile Page.''See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTAy# . Retrieved 21 June 2011. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the ''Elite'' category. BG = the sponsor ''British Gas'' · DNF = ''did not finish'' · DNS = ''did not start''

Notes

External links

Barbara Riveros Diaz' website

Chilean Triathlon Federation
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