The Dominican Olympic Committee chose weightlifter Crismery Santana to be the flag bearer for the Dominican delegation to the 28th Pan American Games to be held in Lima, Peru from 26 July to 11 August 2019. Santana is a gold medalist from the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia in 2018. At those games, she set a record for her 90 kg category.
In 2018, she also won a silver medal in Snatch competing in the 87 kg category, lifting 116 kg, at the World Weightlifting Championships that were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. She also won a bronze at that championship.
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4 July 2019