Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz (born 3 August 1987, in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean professional triathlete, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympian. She was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Sprint Distance Champion in 2012.
In France, Bárbara Riveros takes part in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux.
In 2011, Riveros represents Tri Val de Grey and won the opening triathlon in Nice (24 April 2011), and she placed third at the second Grand Prix triathlon in Dunkirk (22 May 2011) behind Andrea Hewitt and Emma Moffatt.
Her coach was Jamie Turner up to 2010 when he was employed by the Australian NSWIS. Her present coach is Darren Smith. Bárbara Riveros' father, Agustín Riveros, is a physician and brought Bárbara into contact with sports in early childhood.
ITU Competitions
In the nine years from 2002 to 2010, Bárbara Riveros took part in 47 ITU events and achieved 27 top ten positions. Riveros started the season 2011 with four medals, among which the silver medal at the World Championship Series triathlon in Sydney and the gold medal at the World Cup triathlon in Ishigaki.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.[1] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.
Date
Competition
Place
Rank
2002-11-09
World Championships (Junior)
Cancun
45
2005-09-10
World Championships (Junior)
Gamagori
9
2006-01-07
Pan American Cup
Viña del Mar
1
2006-01-22
Pan American Cup
La Paz
1
2006-09-02
World Championships (Junior)
Lausanne
41
2006-11-19
ODESUR Games
Buenos Aires
3
2007-01-21
Pan American Cup
La Paz
1
2007-01-28
Pan American Cup
Villarrica
3
2007-03-17
Pan American Cup / South American Championships
Salinas
3
2007-03-25
Pan American Cup
Lima
2
2007-04-22
Pan American Cup
Buenos Aires
2
2007-05-12
Pan American Championships (U23)
Ixtapa
1
2007-05-12
Pan American Cup
Ixtapa
5
2007-06-10
BG World Cup
Vancouver
DNF
2007-07-15
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro
8
2007-08-11
BG World Cup
Tiszaújváros
50
2007-08-30
BG World Championships (U23)
Hamburg
17
2007-11-04
BG World Cup
Cancun
DNF
2008-01-06
Premium Pan American Cup
Viña del Mar
2
2008-01-13
Pan American Cup
La Paz
2
2008-03-14
Pan American Cup
Salinas
2
2008-04-06
Pan American Cup
Lima
1
2008-04-19
Pan American Championship
Mazatlan
4
2008-04-19
Pan American Championships (U23)
Mazatlan
1
2008-05-02
Pan American Cup
Roatan
1
2008-06-05
BG World Championships (U23)
Vancouver
5
2008-06-22
World Cup
Hy-Vee
17
2008-08-18
Olympic Games
Beijing
25
2009-03-01
Oceania Championships
Gold Coast
3
2009-03-29
World Cup
Mooloolaba
16
2009-04-05
Oceania Cup
New Plymouth
DNF
2009-05-02
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Tongyeong
18
2009-05-31
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Madrid
20
2009-06-21
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Washington DC
16
2009-06-27
Elite Cup
Hy-Vee
11
2009-07-25
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Hamburg
5
2009-08-15
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
London
40
2009-09-09
Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final
Gold Coast
35
2010-03-26
ODESUR South American Games
Guatape
1
2010-03-26
ODESUR South American Games (Sprint)
Guatape
1
2010-04-11
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Sydney
1
2010-05-08
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Seoul
2
2010-06-05
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Madrid
6
2010-06-12
Elite Cup
Hy-Vee
13
2010-07-24
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
London
22
2010-08-14
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Kitzbuhel
32
2010-09-08
Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final
Budapest
21
2011-01-15
Sprint Oceania Cup / Sprint Oceania Championships
Devonport
2
2011-03-26
World Cup
Mooloolaba
3
2011-04-09
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Sydney
2
2011-04-17
World Cup
Ishigaki
1
2011-06-04
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Madrid
5
2011-06-18
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Kitzbuhel
5
2011-07-17
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Hamburg
5
2011-08-06
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
London
12
2011-08-20
Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Sprint World Championships
Lausanne
1
BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start