Wanda Rijo

Wanda Rijo
Personal information
National teamDominican Republic
Born (1979-11-26) November 26, 1979
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Dominican Republic
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg – 75 kg
2003 Santo Domingo – 75 kg

Wanda Rijo Contreras (born November 26, 1979) is a female former 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 is currently a pastor at Monte de Dios, La Romana. She was inducted to the Dominican Republic Hall of Fame in 2016.