María Fernanda Valdés Paris (born 17 March 1992) is a Chilean

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. She won the silver medal at the

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in the 75 kg event and also at the

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in the 75 kg event. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg event finishing ninth. She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

In the Pan American Weightlifting Championships 2016, held in Colombia, she took first place. In that competition she lifted a total of 244 kilos, tying with the Colombian Valoyes, but the lower weight of the Chilean won her the gold medal. Days later, Chilean Weightlifting Federation confirmed her for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016. At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Valdes finished seventh in the final of the under 75 kilos category, lifting 107 kilos in the snatch, and 135 in the clean and jerk, totaling 242 kilos. She qualified to represent Chile at the

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, but had to retire less than two weeks before the start of the event due to a shoulder dislocation.

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* 1992 births Living people Chilean female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Chile Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2011 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile World Weightlifting Championships medalists People from Coquimbo Sportspeople from Coquimbo Region South American Games gold medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Chilean women 21st-century Chilean people Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Chile Bolivarian Games medalists in weightlifting {{Chile-weightlifting-bio-stub