Bèto Adriana

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games • Opening Flagbearer
Sex	Male
Full name	Eduardo "Bèto"•Adriana
Used name	Bèto•Adriana
Born	29 July 1925 in Otrabanda, Willemstad, Curaçao	CUR
Died	10 April 1997 (aged 71 years 8 months 12 days)
Measurements	176 cm / 120 kg
NOC	Netherlands Antilles	AHO

Biography

Bèto Adriana had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1955 Pan American Games Heavyweight class, 3rd in the 1959 Pan American Games Heavyweight class, 3rd in the 1963 Pan American Games Heavyweight class.

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	As
1960 Summer Olympics	Weightlifting	AHO		Bèto Adriana
	Heavyweight, Men (Olympic)		AC
1972 Summer Olympics	Shooting	AHO		Bèto Adriana
	Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, Men (Olympic)		100

Other participations

Games	Role	NOC	As
1972 Summer Olympics	Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony	AHO	Bèto Adriana

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (0–0–3 1955 Ciudad de México WLT bronze: heavyweight +90 kg; 1959 Chicago WLT bronze: heavyweight +90 kg; 1963 São Paulo WLT bronze: heavyweight +90 kg)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games (4–3–0 1946 Barranquilla ATH gold: shot put; 1950 Ciudad de Guatemala ATH silver: shot put; 1954 Ciudad de México WLT gold: heavyweight +90 kg, ATH silver: shot put; 1959 Caracas ATH gold: shot put and WLT heavyweight +90 kg; 1962 Kingston WLT silver: heavyweight +90 kg)