Bárbara Riveros

Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz (born 3 August 1987 in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean professional triathlete, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympian. She was the ITU (now World Triathlon) 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 Andrea Hewitt and Emma Moffatt.

In Chile, Bárbara Riveros represents the Club Deportivo Universidad Católica and studies Nutrition at the Universidad de Chile.

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. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 2002-11-09 World Championships (Junior) Cancun 45 2005-09-10 World Championships (Junior) Gamagori 9 2006-01-07 Pan American Cup Viña del Mar 1 2006-01-22 Pan American Cup La Paz 1 2006-09-02 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 41 2006-11-19 ODESUR Games Buenos Aires 3 2007-01-21 Pan American Cup La Paz 1 2007-01-28 Pan American Cup Villarrica 3 2007-03-17 Pan American Cup / South American Championships Salinas 3 2007-03-25 Pan American Cup Lima 2 2007-04-22 Pan American Cup Buenos Aires 2 2007-05-12 Pan American Championships (U23) Ixtapa 1 2007-05-12 Pan American Cup Ixtapa 5 2007-06-10 BG World Cup Vancouver DNF 2007-07-15 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro 8 2007-08-11 BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 50 2007-08-30 BG World Championships (U23) Hamburg 17 2007-11-04 BG World Cup Cancun DNF 2008-01-06 Premium Pan American Cup Viña del Mar 2 2008-01-13 Pan American Cup La Paz 2 2008-03-14 Pan American Cup Salinas 2 2008-04-06 Pan American Cup Lima 1 2008-04-19 Pan American Championship Mazatlan 4 2008-04-19 Pan American Championships (U23) Mazatlan 1 2008-05-02 Pan American Cup Roatan 1 2008-06-05 BG World Championships (U23) Vancouver 5 2008-06-22 World Cup Hy-Vee 17 2008-08-18 Olympic Games Beijing 25 2009-03-01 Oceania Championships Gold Coast 3 2009-03-29 World Cup Mooloolaba 16 2009-04-05 Oceania Cup New Plymouth DNF 2009-05-02 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Tongyeong 18 2009-05-31 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 20 2009-06-21 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Washington DC 16 2009-06-27 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 11 2009-07-25 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 5 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 40 2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Gold Coast 35 2010-03-26 ODESUR South American Games Guatape 1 2010-03-26 ODESUR South American Games (Sprint) Guatape 1 2010-04-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 1 2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul 2 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 6 2010-06-12 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 13 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 22 2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 32 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final Budapest 21 2011-01-15 Sprint Oceania Cup / Sprint Oceania Championships Devonport 2 2011-03-26 World Cup Mooloolaba 3 2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 2 2011-04-17 World Cup Ishigaki 1 2011-06-04 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 5 2011-06-18 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 5 2011-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg 5 2011-08-06 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 12 2011-08-20 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Sprint World Championships Lausanne 1

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