Elizabeth Poblete
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Elizabeth Francesca Poblete Fernández |
| Nationality |  Chile |
| Born | 28 September 1987 Santiago, Chile |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event | 75 kg |
Elizabeth Francesca Poblete Fernández[a] (born 28 September 1987 in Santiago) is a Chilean weightlifter.[1] Poblete represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's heavyweight category (75 kg). Poblete placed twelfth in this event, as she successfully lifted 91 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 106 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 197 kg.[2]
On 8 December 2009, Poblete was featured in the world headlines, when she unexpectedly gave birth to a boy during a training session in Brazil, not even realizing that she was pregnant. Her boy was three months premature, and was taken to a local hospital in São Paulo with his mother, where he remained in the intensive care unit.[3] Unfortunately, the boy named Eric Jose died within a week.[4][5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Poblete and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elizabeth Poblete". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 75kg (165 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Chile weightlifter has unexpected baby during training". BBC Sport. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Week-old baby of Chilean weightlifter dies". USA Today. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Weightlifter Elizabeth Poblete's Baby Died". International Weightlifting Federation. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Elizabeth Poblete at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Elizabeth Poblete at Olympics.com
- Elizabeth Poblete at Olympic.org (archived)
- Elizabeth Poblete at Olympedia
- NBC 2008 Olympics Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2012)
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