Doriana Rivera

Doriana Rivera Aliaga
Personal information
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1977-06-18) 18 June 1977 (age 44)
Event	Doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Peru Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Women's doubles 1999 Winnipeg Women's doubles Pan American Championships 1997 Winnipeg Women's doubles South American Championships 1996 Buenos Aires Mixed team 1996 Buenos Aires Women's doubles 1996 Buenos Aires Women's singles 1996 Buenos Aires Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Doriana Rivera Aliaga (born 18 June 1977) is a retired Peruvian badminton player who later represented New Zealand in her career.^[1][2][3] She is the two time bronze medalist at the Pan American Games in Women's doubles category. Besides this, she has also represented her country in World Championships.^[4]

Doriana Rivera completed her Bachelor in Medicine in the yeae 2004 after which she moved to New Zealand to start her career. She worked in a hospital for 3 years where she gained experience in various aspects of medicine. Dr. Rivera started her journey as a General Practitioner in 2012, and was granted Fellowship of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners in 2015. She was appointed as the Deputy Medical Director for a busy GP and Urgent Care clinic where she worked for 7 years.^[5]

Achievements[]

Pan American Games[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	UASD Pavilion, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic		Anna Rice Denyse Julien	8–15, 6–15	Bronze
1999	Winnipeg Convention Center, Manitoba, Canada	Adrienn Kocsis	Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	8–15, 4–15	Bronze

Pan American Championships[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Winnipeg, Canada		Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	1–15, 5–15	Bronze

South American Championships[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ximena Bellido	4–11, 9–11	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Buenos Aires, Argentina		Lorena Blanco Ximena Bellido	8–15, 9–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Buenos Aires, Argentina		Lorena Blanco	8–15, 3–15	Bronze

IBF/BWF International[]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Carebaco International		0–7, 1–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2000	Brazil International	Ximena Bellido	3–11, 0–11	Runner-up
1996	São Paulo Cup	Ximena Bellido	6–11, 2–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Manukau International			21–17, 12–21, 21–18	Winner
2003	Peru International			8–15, 15–12, 11–15	Runner-up
2002	Mexico International		Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	2–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2002	Brazil International		Lorena Blanco	11–3, 11–3	Winner
2002	Carebaco International			7–4, 7–2, 7–0	Winner
2001	USA International		Meiluawati Mesinee Mangkalakiri	7–0, 3–7, 5–7, ?, ?	Runner-up
2001	Chile International		Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	5–7, 5–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2001	Peru International		Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	2–7, 2–7, 1–7	Runner-up
2000	Brazil International	Ximena Bellido		15–5, 15–4	Winner
1999	Argentina International		Lorena Blanco Ximena Bellido	11–15, 15–8, 15–4	Winner
1999	USA International		Lorena Blanco Ximena Bellido	7–15, 15–9, 3–15	Runner-up
1998	Argentina International	Adrienn Kocsis	Lorena Blanco Ximena Bellido	10–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1996	São Paulo Cup	Ximena Bellido		15–2, 15–10	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Waikato International	José Antonio Crespo	Craig Cooper Renee Flavell	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2002	Mexico International	Tjitte Weistra	Matthew Hughes Joanne Muggeridge	6–11, 13–11, 11–8	Winner
2002	Puerto Rico International	Tjitte Weistra	Tony Gunawan Mesinee Mangkalakiri	2–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2002	Carebaco International	Tjitte Weistra	Pedro Yang	7–2, 2–7, 7–3, ?, ?	Winner
2002	Peru International	Tjitte Weistra	Rodrigo Pacheco Lorena Blanco	7–2, 8–7, 7–2	Winner
2001	Chile International	Tjitte Weistra	Ximena Bellido	8–6, 7–0, 7–2	Winner
2001	Peru International	Tjitte Weistra	Ximena Bellido	7–4, 7–4, 8–6	Winner
2000	Brazil International	Tjitte Weistra		15–9, 15–6	Winner
1996	São Paulo Cup		Mario Carulla Ximena Bellido	Walkover	Runner-up

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