Doriana Rivera

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 Aliaga
Personal information
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1977-06-18) 18 June 1977 (age 48)
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 1998 Campinas Mixed team 1998 Campinas Women's singles 1996 Buenos Aires Women's doubles 1998 Campinas Women's doubles 1998 Campinas Mixed doubles 1996 Buenos Aires Women's singles 1996 Buenos Aires Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Doriana Rivera completed her Bachelor in Medicine in the year 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	Sandra Jimeno	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	Sandra Jimeno	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	Lucero Chueca	Lorena Blanco Ximena Bellido	8–15, 9–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

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

IBF/BWF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Carebaco International	Sandra Jimeno	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	Madeleine Stapleton	Emma Chapple Louise Mckenzie	21–17, 12–21, 21–18	Winner
2003	Peru International	Sandra Jimeno	Fabienne Baumeyer Judith Baumeyer	8–15, 15–12, 11–15	Runner-up
2002	Mexico International	Sandra Jimeno	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	2–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2002	Brazil International	Sandra Jimeno	Lorena Blanco Valeria Rivero	11–3, 11–3	Winner
2002	Carebaco International	Sandra Jimeno	Zuedi Mack Sabrina Cassie	7–4, 7–2, 7–0	Winner
2001	USA International	Sandra Jimeno	Meiluawati Mesinee Mangkalakiri	7–0, 3–7, 5–7, ?, ?	Runner-up
2001	Chile International	Sandra Jimeno	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	5–7, 5–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2001	Peru International	Sandra Jimeno	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	2–7, 2–7, 1–7	Runner-up
2000	Brazil International	Ximena Bellido	Gabriella Rodriguez Laura Amaya	15–5, 15–4	Winner
1999	Argentina International	Sandra Jimeno	Lorena Blanco Ximena Bellido	11–15, 15–8, 15–4	Winner
1999	USA International	Sandra Jimeno	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	Cristina Nakano Patricia Finardi	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 Anelissa Micheo	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	Jose Antonio Iturriaga Ximena Bellido	8–6, 7–0, 7–2	Winner
2001	Peru International	Tjitte Weistra	Jose Antonio Iturriaga Ximena Bellido	7–4, 7–4, 8–6	Winner
2000	Brazil International	Tjitte Weistra	Bernardo Monreal Laura Amaya	15–9, 15–6	Winner
1996	São Paulo Cup	Federico Valdez	Mario Carulla Ximena Bellido	Walkover	Runner-up