Wanda Rijo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Dominican Republic weightlifter
Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1979
Place of Birth: San Pedro de MacorĂs, Dominican Republic
Profession: weightlifter
Nationality: Dominican Republic
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Wanda Rijo
- Wanda Rijo Contreras (born November 26, 1979) is a female weightlifter from the Dominican Republic.
- She twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004.
- Rijo won the only gold medal for the Dominican Republic at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- A year later she carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She had an encounter with God and now along with her husband Argeli Rodriguez, she is a pastor at Monte de Dios, La Romana.
- She was inducted to the Dominican Republic Hall of Fame in 2016.
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