Bella Paredes

Personal information
Full name	Bella Nancy Paredes Arreaga
Born	(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 22)
Sport
Country	Ecuador
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	76 kg
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Ecuador World Championships 2023 Riyadh 76 kg Pan American Championships 2023 Bariloche 76 kg Bolivarian Games 2022 Valledupar 76 kg S 2022 Valledupar 76 kg CJ Junior World Championships 2022 Heraklion 76 kg 2021 Tashkent 76 kg Junior Pan American Games 2021 Cali–Valle 87 kg Youth World Championships 2019 Las Vegas 76 kg

Bella Nancy Paredes Arreaga (born 25 February 2002)^[1] is an Ecuadorian weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[2] She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[3] She is also a former artistic gymnast.^[4]

Paredes competed in the girls' +63 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[5] She finished in 4th place.^[5] At the time, she finished in 5th place but Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand was stripped of her gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance.^[5][6] Paredes won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2019 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Las Vegas, United States.^[7][8]

In 2021, Paredes won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[9][10] She won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia.^[1][11]

Paredes won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.^[12][13] She won two silver medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[14][3] She won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg Snatch event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[15]

Paredes won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. She also won the silver medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. In that same year, Paredes won the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Paredes competed in artistic gymnastics before switching to weightlifting.^[4][16]

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	76 kg	101	105	108		130	134	135	6	238	5
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	76 kg	105	105	107	4	131	135	137		240
Pan American Championships
2023	Bariloche, Argentina	76 kg	100	105	107		127	132	134		237
Bolivarian Games
2022	Valledupar, Colombia	76 kg	98	102	105		126	131	131		—	—

• Bella Paredes at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Bella Paredes at Olympedia