- Alexandra Escobar
María Alexandra Escobar Guerrero (born
July 17 1980 inEsmeraldas ) is anEcuador ian female weightlifter.At the
2001 World Weightlifting Championships inAntalya ,Turkey she won gold in the 53 kg category in theclean and jerk , bronze in the snatch, and the overall bronze medal with in total 205 kg. [cite news|title=Three records for Emine but no medals|url=http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/archives.php?id=25789| accessdate=2008-08-12|work=Turkish Daily News|date=2001-11-07]She ranked 7th in the Woman's 58 kg category at the
2004 Summer Olympics , lifting 215 kg in total.At the
2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 16th in the 58 kg category, and at the2007 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 5th in the same category, lifting a total of 220 kg.Escobar won the gold medal in the 58 kg category at the
2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships .She competed in
Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 58 kg inBeijing , ranking 5th with 223 kg in total,cite web|title=ESCOBAR Alexandra|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=596] and also was the national flag bearer at the opening ceremony. [cite web|url= http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1344.pdf|title=List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008|publisher=www.olympic.org|format=PDF |accessdate=2008-08-08]Notes and references
External links
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/206306.shtml Athlete Biography] at beijing2008
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/maria-alexandra-escobar-1.html sports-reference]
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