Sasha Belen Beatriz Nievas (born (1998-06-04)4 June 1998) is an Argentine weightlifter and Crossfit Athlete, who represents Argentina at international competitions.

Sasha Nievas
Personal information
Full nameSasha Belen Beatriz Nievas
Born (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26)
Weight57.02 kg (125.7 lb)
Sport
Country Argentina
SportWeightlifting
Weight class58 kg
TeamNational team
Updated on 9 November 2016

She won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[1]

Crossfit

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Sasha competed in her first Crossfit Open in 2018, finishing 487th worldwide and 5th in Argentina, earning a spot in the Latin America Regional. She finished 24th in that Regional Event.

In 2019, she finished again competed in the Crossfit Open, finishing 635th worldwide and 6th in Argentina.[2] In the first year of a new format, Sasha competed at the Brazil Crossfit Championship, a new Crossfit Sanctional Event. She finished 9th at the event, failing to earn a spot to the 2019 Crossfit Games.[3]

In 2020, Sasha finished 36th worldwide and 2nd in Argentina in the Crossfit Open. She scored the top time for Open Workout 20.4, with a time of 11:08. Her placing of 36th worldwide was initially enough to secure her a place in the 2020 Crossfit Games.[4][5] Sasha competed at the 2020 Brazil Crossfit Championship, but did not finish.[3] With the changes to the qualification rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sasha's placing did not get to compete at the Games.[6]

In 2021, Sasha improved, finishing 25th worldwide and 1st in Argentina in the Crossfit Open. This placing earned her a spot in the Online Individual Quarterfinals, where she finished 3rd overall, winning Workout 2 in the new five workout format.[7] This placing earned her a spot at the 2021 Brazil Crossfit Championship, the South America region's Crossfit Semifinal Competition. This competition was conducted online due to COVID-19 restrictions. She finished 2nd overall, winning Workout 4 and earning the second of two spots from this competition at the 2021 Crossfit Games.[8] Sasha finished 31st at the Games, getting cut after the ninth event at the end of Day 2. Her best finish of the competition was 11th in event 8.[7]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Youth Olympics
2014   Nanjing, China 58 kg *75 75 78 --- 95 100 102 --- 178  

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Summer Youth Olympics - Sasha Belen Beatriz Nievas". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ LLC, CrossFit. "CrossFit Games | The Fittest on Earth". games.crossfit.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. ^ a b "Sasha Nievas". Morning Chalk Up. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. ^ "Games Invitations Await Athletes at the Brazil CrossFit Championship". Morning Chalk Up. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. ^ "Sasha Nievas: From the Olympics to the CrossFit Games | BOXROX". www.boxrox.com. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  6. ^ LLC, CrossFit. "Invites to Reset for 2020 Games". games.crossfit.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  7. ^ a b LLC, CrossFit. "2021 Leaderboard | CrossFit Games". games.crossfit.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  8. ^ "2021 Brazil CrossFit Championship Recap — Two Men, Women and Teams Go to the Games". BarBend. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
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