SANTANA PEGUERO Crismery Dominga

World Championships - Part one

Year	Location	75kg - Total	75kg - Snatch	75kg - C&J	90kg	90kg - Snatch	90kg - Clean & Jerk	87kg - Total	87kg - Snatch	87kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	-	-	-	18th (206)	17th (94)	19th (112)
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd (254)	2nd (116)	5th (138)
2017	Anaheim, CA, USA	-	-	-	3rd (254)	2nd (113)	3rd (141)	-	-	-
2015	Houston, TX, USA	16th (224)	12th (104)	19th (120)	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	87kg - Total
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (258)

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	90kg	90kg - Snatch	90kg - Clean & Jerk	87kg - Total	87kg - Snatch	87kg - C&J
2020	Santo Domingo, DOM	-	-	-	1st (257)	1st (115)	2nd (142)
2019	Guatemala City, GUA	-	-	-	1st (253)	1st (112)	2nd (141)
2018	Santo Domingo, DOM	1st (258)	1st (116)	2nd (142)	-	-	-
2017	Miami, FL, USA	2nd (252)	1st (113)	2nd (139)	-	-	-

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

Sobrina [Niece] (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Watching television series. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Athlete, Police Officer

Pedro Henriquez Urena National University, Santo Domingo, DOM

Husband Gregory Nunez

Spanish

Hector Dominguez [national], DOM; Moreno Martinez [national], DOM; Luis Silva [national], VEN

She comes from a family of international weightlifters representing the Dominican Republic. Her aunt Yuderqui Contreras competed at the 2019 Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2016. Her uncle Victor Reina competed at the 2004 Pan American Championships in Pereira, Colombia. Her cousins Beatriz, Jhon and Ana have also competed at international level, with Beatriz competing at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jun 2021; elnuevodiario.com.do, 23 Apr 2021; listindiario.com, 08 Sep 2020; elnacional.com.do, 24 Jul 2018; listindiario.com, 09 Dec 2008)

She injured her arm while competing at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. She was taken to a local medical centre, where it was confirmed she had not sustained a fracture. (nortvdigital.com, 30 Jul 2019; colimdo.org, 30 Jul 2019)

She took up the sport at age 14 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Her uncle encouraged her to try the sport. (PoliciaRD YouTube channel, 21 Sep 2018; elnacional.com.do, 24 Jul 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (elnuevodiario.com.do, 12 Mar 2021)

Winning medals at the world championships in 2017 and 2018. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Dominican weightlifters Yuderqui Contreras [also her aunt] and Wanda Rijo. (z101digital.com, 20 Mar 2020)

"Being away from my family all the time is a huge sacrifice, but we get through it with the support, the words of encouragement and motivation that they give us to move forward in order to achieve our goals." (elnuevodiario.com.do, 12 Mar 2021)

She was named the 2018 Athlete of the Year by the Sports Journalists' Association of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. (diariolibre.com, 25 Apr 2019)

She was named the 2017 Best Dominican Weightlifter by both the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee and the Sports Journalists' Association of Santo Domingo. (eldia.com.do, 06 Jul 2018; elcaribe.com.do, 26 Mar 2018)

She was named among the 10 Best Dominican athletes [male and female] of 2016 by the Dominican Sport Journalists' Association. (tamborilnews.com, 03 Apr 2017)