Beatriz Pirón

Beatriz Pirón
Personal information
Full nameBeatriz Elizabeth Pirón Candelario
NationalityDominican
Born (1995-02-27) February 27, 1995
San Pedro de Macorís
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryDominican Republic
SportWeightlifting
Event
–48 kg
Coached byLeonild Goncharenko, Rómula Hidalgo, Bienvenido Rodríguez
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Cali53 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima–49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Toronto–48 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Santiago–49 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2014 Veracruz–48 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place2023 San Salvador–48 kg Snatch
Silver medal – second place2014 Veracruz–48 kg C&J
Silver medal – second place2018 Barranquilla–53 kg C&J
Bronze medal – third place2023 San Salvador–48 kg C&J
Junior Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Cartagena–48 kg Snatch
Gold medal – first place2015 Cartagena–48 kg C&J
Gold medal – first place2015 Cartagena–48 kg Total
Youth Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Isla Margarita– 44 kg

Beatriz Elizabeth Pirón Candelario (born February 27, 1995)[1] is a retired Dominican weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in snatch at the 2011 Youth World Championships and gold at the 2011 Youth Pan American Championships. As of 2026, she is the only Dominican woman to have attended four Olympic Games.

She was among the participants of the 2026 Enhanced Games. At the Enhanced Breakers 1 series, as an enhanced athlete, she broke the 53 kg snatch record by lifting 100 kg.[2]

Personal life

Born Beatriz Elizabeth Pirón Candelario[3][4] on February 27, 1995, in San Pedro de Macorís, she is 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall 48 kilograms (106 lb).[5] Her parents are Kenia Candelario and Augusto Pirón, have a daughter named Yamilka and Berlyn is the niece of the three times Pan American Games medalist Guillermina Candelario.[6] She is a member of the Dominican Republic National Police and she had her rank lifted to second lieutenant at the time she completed her bachelor's degree in accounting.[7]

Career

2009

Pirón ranked 5th at 1st Youth World championships held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, participating in the under 44 kg, having a 54 kg lift in snatch, 64 kg in clean & jerk and a total of 118 kg.[8]

2011

In April Pirón won three gold medals in the 2011 Youth Pan American Championship in the under 44 kg, setting two continental records in snatch with 62 kg and total 128 kg; she also lifted 76 kg in clean & jerk.[9][10] She participated under the guidance of the coaches Rómula Hidalgo, Bienvenido Rodríguez.[11] In May, she won the bronze medal in snatch with a 60 kg lift in snatch in the 44 kg division of the 2011 Youth World Championships held in Lima, Peru.[12] She also had 76 in clean&jerk and a total of 136 kg.[13][14] She was crowned in July in the National Junior Championship winning the gold medal in snatch with 80 kg and total with 146 kilograms, also winning the silver medal in clean & jerk with 66.[15]

The San Pedro de Macorís Hall of Fame invited Pirón in September to be one the pageant on the memorial where Tony Fernández and Tetelo Vargas were among the inductees.[16][17]

2012

With a 6th place at the Pan-American Championship held in Antigua, Guatemala Pirón started the 2012 competing in the under 48 kg category[18] with a total lifted of 158 kg.[19] She earned the gold medal lifting 65 kg in snatch, 85 kg in clean & jerk and 150 kg in total in the National Schools Games representing the East region.[20]

She was named along Yuderqui Contreras to represent the Dominican Republic at the London Olympic Games, practicing under the Guidance of Leonild Goncharenko.[6] In her first Olympic,[21] she ranked 7th in snatch[22] and finished in 9th place at the 48 kg category of the Olympic tournament, with 90 kg in clean & jerk and 167 kg in total.[23][24]

2015–2016

Pirón competed in 2015 Pan American Games and won the bronze medal being her National Police ranking being lifted to Corporal because of her medal.[25] She won three gold medals in the 48 kg category, setting new Pan American marks with 81 kg in snatch, 97 kg in clean & jerk and a total amount of 178 kg.[26] Pirón won two gold medals in snatch and total and a silver in clean and jerk, participating in the 53 kg category of the 2016 Pan American Championships.[27] She took part of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing in the fourth place in the 48 kg category lifting 85 kg in snatch, 102 kg in clean and jerk and a total of 187 kg, just one kilo under the bronze medal.[28]

2021

She represented the Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 8th place in the women's 49 kg event.[29]

2023

She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[30][31]

2024

In August 2024, Pirón competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She lifted 85 kg in Snatch and 107 kg in Clean & Jerk setting 192 kg in total placing seventh in her forth Olympic Games.

2025-2026

Pirón announced her retirement at the end of 2025, thanking with an emotional letter in social media to her family and institutions who helped her throughout her career and being the only four times Olympian Dominican woman.[32]

In 2026, she competed in the first edition of the Enhanced Games, participating in the 53 kg category, she lifted 118 kg in the clean and jerk, the world record being 126 kg, and failed three times in snatch with 100 kg trying to break the world record of 99 kg.[33][34][35] Even though, there were already reports that she had broken the record during training.[36] During an interview before the games, she justified that she had to scale up from 49 kg to the 53 category in order to achieve the strengh and muscle mass to pursue the world record and that she was training with the help of substance that would be doping within the Olympic Sport..[37]

On 11 July 2026, Piron participated at the Enhanced Breakers 1 series where she broke the 53 kg snatch record by lifting 100 kg.[2] It was disclosed that she could not complete this lift during the first edition of the Enhanced Games because she was injured and spent six weeks of a personalized enhancement and recovery protocol that allow her to quickly heal and breake the record, that she did in front of a large group of creators in order to help spread the news.[2]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2012United Kingdom London, Great Britain48 kg727577N/a879092N/a1679
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil48 kg858787N/a102105105N/a1874
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan49 kg788183N/a909395N/a1768
2024France Paris, France49 kg858888N/a102107110N/a1927
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States48 kg8080831195981001318011
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan49 kg8184843rd place, bronze medalist(s)10010310551874
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand49 kg838688610110310391877
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia49 kg——————————
IWF World Cup
2019China Fuzhou, China49 kg7578783rd place, bronze medalist(s)90949851763rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024Thailand Phuket, Thailand49 kg——————————
Pan American Games
2015Canada Toronto, Canada48 kg808484N/a959899N/a1753rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019Peru Lima, Peru49 kg828587N/a100104106N/a1931st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Chile Santiago, Chile49 kg808486N/a97102102N/a1813rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2012Guatemala Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala48 kg687171484878851586
2013Venezuela Margarita Island, Venezuela48 kg7780821st place, gold medalist(s)9196982nd place, silver medalist(s)1761st place, gold medalist(s)
2016Venezuela Cartagena, Colombia53 kg8790911st place, gold medalist(s)1051081112nd place, silver medalist(s)1991st place, gold medalist(s)
2017United States Miami, United States53 kg85888841041061083rd place, bronze medalist(s)1913rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic53 kg8890921st place, gold medalist(s)10610911041961st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala49 kg8285852nd place, silver medalist(s)991021023rd place, bronze medalist(s)1842nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador49 kg788182491969851745
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg82828259710210551845
2024Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela49 kg——————————
2025Colombia Cali, Colombia53 kg8891941st place, gold medalist(s)1071101123rd place, bronze medalist(s)2011st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 49 kg Entry List" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Enhanced Athlete Beatriz Pirón Breaks World Record Just Six Weeks After Injury Following a Highly Personalized Recovery and Enhancement Protocol". Los Angeles: Business Wire. 13 July 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Yudelkys está dentro de las mejores cinco pesistas JO". El Dia (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 23 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. ↑ IWF (July 2012). "List of tested competitors". Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. ↑ IOC. "Beatriz Piron". Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 Ruiz, Neftalí (1 June 2011). "Beatriz una madre adolescente que sueña con Londres". El Caribe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Dirección de Deportes de la Policía reconoce gestión de Guzmán Peralta por logros en deporte institucional" [Police Sports Directorate recognizes Guzmán Peralta's management for achievements in institutional sports] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: El Dia. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "1st Youth World Championships". IWF.net. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Pan American Youth (-17) Championships". IWF.net. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  10. ↑ Díaz, Jacinto (14 April 2011). "Beatriz Pirón logra dos marcas Panamericano Pesas Sub-17". El Nacional (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  11. ↑ Montoya Zúñiga, Uber (11 April 2011). "Deportistas de Risaralda dan medallas a Colombia en Panamericano de Levantamiento de pesas en Venezuela". Antena 2 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Pirón logra bronce en Mundial de Pesas". Listin Diario (in Spanish). 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  13. ↑ IWF (2011). "2011 IWF Youth World Championships". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  14. ↑ United States Olympic Committee (11 May 2011). "Darren Barnes Breaks Senior American Record, Places Fourth at Youth Worlds". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "Trinidad, Reyes y Pirón obtienen títulos en pesas". Listin Diario (in Spanish). 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "Citan actuantes Salón Fama SPM". El Nacional (in Spanish). 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  17. ↑ "10 nuevos deportistas ingresarán a la inmortalidad SPM" (in Spanish). COLIMDO. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  18. ↑ Pérez Neró, Nathanael (18 May 2012). "Gabriel Contreras sube de peso y se conforma con bronce". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  19. ↑ International Weightlifting Federation (10 May 2012). "Pan-American Championships". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  20. ↑ Martínez, Rafael (30 April 2012). "Este ratifica poder en pesas". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  21. ↑ "Beatriz Pirón" (in Spanish). COLIMDO. 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  22. ↑ "Beatriz Pirón alcanza séptimo lugar en arranque competencia de levantamiento pesas 48 Kg". El Dia (in Spanish). 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  23. ↑ "China Wang Mingjuan gana el oro en pesas". El Dia (in Spanish). AP. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  24. ↑ "BC-OLY--WTL-Weightlifting Results, OLY". The State Journal. AP. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  25. ↑ "Jefe de la Policía asciende a pesistas medallistas" [Police Chief promotes weightlifting medalists]. Listin diario (in Spanish). 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  26. ↑ "Pirón Rompe marcas en Panam de Pesas" [Pirón set new marks in Pan American weightlifting]. El Nacional (in Spanish). 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  27. ↑ "Dominicana Beatriz Pirón gana dos oro en Campeonato Panamericano de Pesas" [Dominican Beatriz Pirón wins two gold in Pan American Weightlifting Championship]. El Caribe (in Spanish). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  28. ↑ Rodríguez, Ramón (11 May 2015). "Beatriz Pirón se quedó a un kilo de la medalla de bronce" [Beatriz Piron fell a kilo to bronze medal]. Listin Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  29. ↑ "Women's 49 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  30. ↑ Oliver, Brian (24 October 2023). "Colombia take team honours and American Reeves stars at Pan American Games weightlifting". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  31. ↑ "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  32. ↑ Taveras, Gissel (3 October 2025). "Pesista Beatriz Pirón se retira tras 18 años de carrera: «Me llevo valiosas experiencias y recuerdos imborrables»" [Weightlifter Beatriz Pirón retires after an 18-year career: "I take away valuable experiences and unforgettable memories."] (in Spanish). El Nuevo Diario. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  33. ↑ Sánchez, Carlos (26 May 2026). "La nueva etapa de Beatriz Pirón: competir en los Juegos Mejorados" [Beatriz Pirón's new chapter: competing in the Enhanced Games] (in Spanish). Diario Libre. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  34. ↑ "Enhanced Games claim 'we changed the world' but only one record broken and three clean athletes win". The Guardian. 25 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  35. ↑ Mata, William (26 May 2026). "Enhanced Games 2026: Full results as one world record set at controversial event". LBC. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  36. ↑ "Drug-fueled Enhanced Games falling short of world marks". Las Vegas: France 24. AFP. 25 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  37. ↑ de León, Raphy (26 May 2026). "El proceso de Beatriz Pirón para Enhanced Games incluyó «ayudita» con sustancia prohibida" [Beatriz Pirón's training for Enhanced Games included "a little help" with a prohibited substance] (in Spanish). CDN. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
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