Yuderkis Contreras successes have transformed his life and his family

The medals for the renowned Dominican athlete Yuderkis Contreras in national and international events, not only have given fame, but that they have transformed their lives and those of their relatives.

Contreras, Queen of the continent from the category of the 53 kg weightlifting, is number four in a family of five siblings, humble Ana Josefa Puello school student and resident in the sector Juan Pablo Duarte of the city of San Pedro de Macorís.

The start of Yuderkis in the sport of weights gave a big boost towards success, which has facilitated a total satisfaction in life, not only she, but all his family.

"Be champion Pan American, Central American and the Caribbean and medalist world has changed my life and my family", says the shy Contreras, which is described very humble, dedicated athlete with choppy words and little talking, but worker time u000acomplete.

Contreras belongs to the elite of the Dominican Republic sport and as such it has achieved medals at regional events such as Central American Games and the Caribbean, Pan American Games and World Championships, and as compensation he received cash prizes, medals and trophies.

"I have won money," said Contreras, something which did not want to elaborate much.

"I have to live", says the athlete, who welcomed speaks of his happiness to see his family benefited from what he has been able to obtain through sport.

She has won many awards and medals, but their great goal is to please his ego to reach an Olympic medal. Remember with bitterness the difficult moments that lived on the eve of his participation in his first Olympic Games in Beijing, where shortly after falsely was accused of having given positive, which has always denied and together leaders headed by Dr. Bolivar Vargas, showed that it was never u000adoped. In a result unprecedented in the history of the sport, the B test threw negative, in a hearing held in Paris, France, in the year 2009.

Parents and siblings reside in San Pedro de Macorís and Yuderkis has because spend much of his time in this capital where it is the national weightlifting team training center. "I come from a poor, humble family, but with great dignity," said the weightlifter to express that through what I have been able to achieve, they have been able to improve his life".

Eridania Contreras, Yuderkis mother is housewife, his father Aristides Sánchez Reyna, a day labourer has no regular employment. Thanks to the prowess of the athlete family has benefited with the redevelopment of their home in the sector Juan Pablo Duarte of San Pedro de Macoris, even the sports Ministry replaced cinz roof with concrete and in the second level built an apartment.

"The sport of weights" u000a"it's my life", says the most prestigious athlete of the time, but she looks at the future beyond sports. "I want a profession," said Contreras, during a visit to the sport of Listín Diario where he spoke of his dream completed the accounting curriculum that has started in the University Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), thanks to a scholarship that you have provided the Vicini group. "I like civil engineering, but I don't have much time to devote to a demanding such profession but I like accounting and I am completing the first semester of a profession you I have taken much affection", said the athlete who was accompanied by William Ozuna, President of the Dominican Federation of weightlifting and Felix Francisco (Galician) Ogando, coach.

From the age of nine, his inclination was the sport.

Never thought that his life and his family would depend in large part of what it is today: double champion u000aPan American and owner of the best brand in boot (97 kg), clean and jerk (115 kilos) and total (212 kg), and also double champion Centroamericana and the Caribbean. "Get out of San Pedro and leave my family, at the beginning it was not easy, but over time I have had to adapt me, giving me full sport." "Now I feel as in family, but strange to my parents and brothers", tells Contreras who visits his hometown weekends week.

Has experienced great emotions, but which recalled more enthusiastic was his debut in a world championship held in Qatar, where he won bronze medal

It has also suffered disappointments, but it was marked in that championship held in Thailand 2007, which was disqualified.

Or further appointment the doping incident, because it considered that it was always aware that was innocent.

Yuderkis Contreras started in sports in athletics since age 9. She was walking a u000agreat journey from his home in the vicinity of the stadium Tetelo Vargas, to the sports complex of San Pedro de Macorís.

Had to leave the track and field, because his father could not take her every day and at home not allowed that she was single.

Two years later he again returned to the tracks, but did not have the same enthusiasm. It was then when he became a coach for weightlifting name Fausto Gomez, who spoke you of their attributes to become a weightlifter.

Shortly after it was decided and went to the weights, where at age 15 he came to a national tournament and managed to win medals. Shortly thereafter he was admitted to the national team and subsequently recruited by the national army, which holds the rank of second lieutenant.

From the year 2002, began a meteoric career who has been pregnant hits, not only for her, but for the weights and sport national.

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Data u000aBiographical
nombre: Yuderkis Contreras
Nac: dated 27 March 1986
place of Nac: San Pedro de Macoris
madre: Eridania Contreras
father: Aristides Sánchez Reyna
hermano: Alexandra, Jocelyn, Silvio and Anderson
studies school Ana Josefa Puello
primario: secondary: Lyceum Gastón Fernández Deligne and Cenapec studies Universitarios: UNPHU
carrera: accounting
nivel: first quarter

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