Bárbara Riveros
Bárbara Riveros steadily surpassing all her competitors at Lausanne, 2011
Personal information
Birth nameBárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz
Born (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987
Santiago, Chile
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
CountryChile
SportTriathlon
ClubUniversidad de Chile
Medal record
Women's Triathlon
Representing  Chile
ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
2018 Individual

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

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
  2002-11-09  World Championships (Junior)Cancun 45
  2005-09-10  World Championships (Junior)Gamagori 9
  2006-01-07  Pan American CupViña del Mar 1
  2006-01-22  Pan American CupLa Paz 1
  2006-09-02  World Championships (Junior)Lausanne 41
  2006-11-19  ODESUR GamesBuenos Aires 3
  2007-01-21  Pan American CupLa Paz 1
  2007-01-28  Pan American CupVillarrica 3
  2007-03-17  Pan American Cup / South American ChampionshipsSalinas 3
  2007-03-25  Pan American CupLima 2
  2007-04-22  Pan American CupBuenos Aires 2
  2007-05-12  Pan American Championships (U23)Ixtapa 1
  2007-05-12  Pan American CupIxtapa 5
  2007-06-10  BG World CupVancouver DNF
  2007-07-15  Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro 8
  2007-08-11  BG World CupTiszaújváros 50
  2007-08-30  BG World Championships (U23)Hamburg 17
  2007-11-04  BG World CupCancun DNF
  2008-01-06  Premium Pan American CupViña del Mar 2
  2008-01-13  Pan American CupLa Paz 2
  2008-03-14  Pan American CupSalinas 2
  2008-04-06  Pan American CupLima 1
  2008-04-19  Pan American ChampionshipMazatlan 4
  2008-04-19  Pan American Championships (U23)Mazatlan 1
  2008-05-02  Pan American CupRoatan 1
  2008-06-05  BG World Championships (U23)Vancouver 5
  2008-06-22  World CupHy-Vee 17
  2008-08-18  Olympic GamesBeijing 25
  2009-03-01  Oceania ChampionshipsGold Coast 3
  2009-03-29  World CupMooloolaba 16
  2009-04-05  Oceania CupNew Plymouth DNF
  2009-05-02  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesTongyeong 18
  2009-05-31  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid 20
  2009-06-21  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesWashington DC 16
  2009-06-27  Elite CupHy-Vee 11
  2009-07-25  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg 5
  2009-08-15  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon 40
  2009-09-09  Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand FinalGold Coast 35
  2010-03-26  ODESUR South American GamesGuatape 1
  2010-03-26  ODESUR South American Games (Sprint)Guatape 1
  2010-04-11  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney 1
  2010-05-08  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSeoul 2
  2010-06-05  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid 6
  2010-06-12  Elite CupHy-Vee 13
  2010-07-24  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon 22
  2010-08-14  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel 32
  2010-09-08  Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand FinalBudapest 21
  2011-01-15  Sprint Oceania Cup / Sprint Oceania ChampionshipsDevonport 2
  2011-03-26  World CupMooloolaba 3
  2011-04-09  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney 2
  2011-04-17  World CupIshigaki 1
  2011-06-04  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid 5
  2011-06-18  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel 5
  2011-07-17  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg 5
  2011-08-06  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon 12
  2011-08-20  Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne 1

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

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