Elizabeth Poblete

Elizabeth Francesca Poblete Fernández (born September 28, 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]

Elizabeth Poblete
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Francesca Poblete Fernández
Nationality Chile
Born (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987
Santiago, Chile
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)75 kg

On December 8, 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]

References
  1. 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 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. "Women's 75kg (165 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. "Chile weightlifter has unexpected baby during training". BBC Sport. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. "Week-old baby of Chilean weightlifter dies". USA Today. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. "Weightlifter Elizabeth Poblete's Baby Died". International Weightlifting Federation. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.


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