Bella Nancy Paredes Arreaga (born 25 February 2002) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She is also a former artistic gymnast.
Career
Paredes competed in the girls' +63kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She finished in 4th place. At the time, she finished in 5th place but Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand was stripped of her gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance. Paredes won the bronze medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Las Vegas, United States.
In 2021, Paredes won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She won the gold medal in the women's 87kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia.
Paredes won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece. She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She won the bronze medal in the women's 76kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.
Paredes won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. She also won the silver medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. In that same year, Paredes won the bronze medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Paredes competed in artistic gymnastics before switching to weightlifting.
Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank World Championships 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 76 kg 101 105 108 130 134 135 6 238 5 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 76 kg 105 105 107 4 131 135 137 240 2024 Manama, Bahrain 76 kg 105 110 111 4 131 136 138 241 4 Pan American Championships 2023 Bariloche, Argentina 76 kg 100 105 107 127 132 134 237 Bolivarian Games 2022 Valledupar, Colombia 76 kg 98 102 105 126 131 131
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