Elizabeth Poblete, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Elizabeth Poblete

Olympic weightlifter

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1987

Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Elizabeth Poblete

  • Elizabeth Francesca Poblete Fernández (born September 28, 1987 in Santiago) is a Chilean weightlifter.
  • Poblete represented Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's heavyweight category (75 kg).
  • Poblete placed twelfth in this event, as she successfully lifted 91 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 106 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 197 kg.On December 8, 2009, Poblete was featured in the world headlines, when she unexpectedly gave birth to a boy during a training session in Brazil, not even realizing that she was pregnant.
  • Her boy was three months premature, and was taken to a local hospital in São Paulo with his mother, where he remained in the intensive care unit.
  • Unfortunately, the boy named Eric Jose died within a week.

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