Researching Dalia Contreras
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Contreras surname? In that year Contreras was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dalia means "dahlia" and is of Arabic origin.
Records of Dalia Contreras on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dalia Contreras and the Contreras Family Tree
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Dalia Contreras
Dalia María Contreras Rivero (born September 20, 1983) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in taekwondo. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th in her weight class.
She won a Silver Medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo
In the 2002 South American Games in Brazil she finished in the second place in her category (Finweight –47 kg), but the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR) gave only gold medal in that category. Finally, in the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires she won the gold medal. Notwithstanding, that year ODESUR gave the silver and bronze medals
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