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{{short description|Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner}}
{{family name hatnote|Contreras|Rivero|lang=Spanish}} 
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Dalia Contreras
| image          = Dalia Contreras, 2008 (cropped).jpg
| caption        = At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
| full_name      = Dalia María Contreras Rivero
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|September 20, 1983}}
| birth_place    =
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[taekwondo]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{VEN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg|49 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Taekwondo Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2001 World Taekwondo Championships|2001 Jeju]]|Finweight (47 kg)}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 World Taekwondo Championships|2003 Garmisch]]|Finweight (47 kg)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Taekwondo at the 2003 Pan American Games|49 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 Central American and Caribbean Games|2002 San Salvador]] | Finweight (47 kg)}}
{{MedalGold| [[2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]] | Finweight (47 kg)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2006 South American Games|2006 Buenos Aires]] | Finweight (47 kg)}}
}}

'''Dalia María Contreras Rivero''' (born September 20, 1983) is a [[Venezuela]]n [[taekwondo]] practitioner. She won a [[bronze medal]] at the [[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]] in taekwondo.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlzqJUvQPTRSuuJmwscQ1ibOu4NgD92M0OL00 China wins women's under 49 kg taekwondo]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from the [[associated press]], 20 August 2008{{dead link|date=November 2012|bot=Legobot}}</ref> She also competed at the [[Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]], finishing 8th in her weight class.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/dalia-contreras-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004457/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/dalia-contreras-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Dalia Contreras}}</ref>

She won a [[Silver Medal]] at the [[2003 Pan American Games]] in [[Santo Domingo]]<ref>[http://www.usa-taekwondo.us/2003PanAmGames.pdf 14th Pan American Games -- Taekwondo]{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at usa-taekwondo.us</ref>

In the [[2002 South American Games]] in [[Brazil]] she finished in the second place in her category (Finweight –47&nbsp;kg), but the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR) gave only gold medals in that category.<ref>[http://www.atenas2004.org.br/site/news_room/noticia.asp?id=1754 Rio: Taekondo Brasileiro conquista mais tres ouros e mantem duelo com Venezuela]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from Comite Olimpico Brasileiro, 9 August 2002</ref> Finally, in the [[2006 South American Games]] in [[Buenos Aires]], she won the gold medal.<ref>[http://www.terra.com/deportes/articulo/html/fox330315.htm Resultados de la octava jornada de los VIII Juegos Odesur Buenos Aires-2006] from Terra/AFP</ref> Notwithstanding, that year ODESUR gave the silver and bronze medals

== Olympic results ==
'''2004'''
*Finish in 8th.
'''2008'''
*Finish in 3rd, bronze Medal

==See also==

*[[List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Venezuela athletes winners at the Olympics Games}}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Venezuelan female taekwondo practitioners]]
[[Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in taekwondo]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in taekwondo]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela]]
[[Category:South American Games medalists in taekwondo]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2002 South American Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2006 South American Games]]
[[Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in taekwondo]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Venezuelan sportswomen]]
[[Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2003 Pan American Games]]


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