Rusmeris Villar Barboza (born 28 March 1983 in Cartagena) is a female

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 ...

from Colombia. 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 C ...

for her native

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n country in the – 58 kg weight division.

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1983 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for Colombia Weightlifters at the 2007 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cartagena, Colombia Colombian female weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Female powerlifters Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games silver medalists for Colombia 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 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Colombian women {{Colombia-weightlifting-bio-stub