Lydia Valentín

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valentín and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Lydia Valentín
Valentín in 2008
Personal information
Full nameLydia Valentín Pérez
NationalitySpanish
Born (1985-02-10) 10 February 1985
Ponferrada, Spain
Years active2002–2023
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight78.80 kg (174 lb)
WebsiteLydiaValentin.com
Sport
CountrySpain
SportWeightlifting
Event–81 kg
ClubCas-Leonesa, CLE
Coached byMatías Fernández
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 124 kg (2014, Almaty)
  • Clean & Jerk: 147 kg (2014, Tel Aviv)
  • Total: 268 kg (2014, Tel Aviv)
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2012 London –75 kg
2008 Beijing –75 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro –75 kg
World Championships
2017 Anaheim –75 kg
2018 Ashgabat –81 kg
2019 Pattaya –81 kg
2013 Wrocław –75 kg
European Championships
2014 Tel Aviv –75 kg
2015 Tbilisi –75 kg
2017 Split –75 kg
2018 Bucharest –75 kg
2008 Lignano –75 kg
2009 Bucharest –75 kg
2012 Antalya –75 kg
2013 Tirana –75 kg
2019 Batumi –76 kg
2007 Strasbourg –75 kg
2010 Minsk –75 kg
2011 Kazan –75 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin -75kg
2018 Tarragona -75 kg

Lydia Valentín Pérez[1][2][3][4] (born 10 February 1985) is a Spanish retired[5] weightlifter, Olympic Champion, 2 time World Champion and 4 time European Champion competing in the 75 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[6] Lydia has won three Olympic medals (Silver in 2008, Gold in 2012 and Bronze in 2016), two World Weightlifting Championships (2017 and 2018), as well as four European Weightlifting Championships.[3][7][8]

Career

At the 2007 World Championships, she ranked sixth in the 75 kg category with a total of 240 kg.[9]

At the 2013 World Championships, she won bronze in the snatch and placed fourth in the total, being promoted to silver and bronze respectively when Olga Zubova was disqualified for failing a doping test.[10][11] In 2017, Lydia won the World Weightlifting Championship held in Anaheim, United States.[3]

At the European Championships, she won four gold medals for the total in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 three silver medals (in 2008, 2012 and 2013) and three bronze medals (in 2007, 2009 and 2011), with three gold and four silver medals in the snatch, and two gold, one silver and five bronze medals in the clean and jerk.[9]

Olympics

In the 75 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Valentín finished in fifth place with a 250 kg total.[12][13] In 2016, retests of samples from the 75 kg category at the 2008 Olympics returned positive results for the original gold medalist Cao Lei[14] and bronze medalist Nadezhda Evstyukhina.[15] Both were disqualified, and Valentín was awarded the silver medal.[16][17]

In 2012, Valentín competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg category, and finished in fourth place with a 265 kg total, behind the eight new Olympic Records set by Svetlana Podobedova and Natalia Zabolotnaya. In 2016, during retests, all three original medalists returned positive results, thus disqualifying them.[4][18][19] Valentín was declared the Olympic Champion, and in March 2019, she was awarded her gold medal.[20]

In 2016, while waiting for confirmation of these medals, Valentín had competed in the 2016 Olympics, where she lifted a total of 257 kg and won the bronze medal. It was, at the time, Spain's first medal ever in weightlifting (retrospectively third).[21][22]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 87 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[23]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing, China 75 kg 110 110 115 2 130 135 138 3 250
2012 London, United Kingdom 75 kg 115 115 120 1 140 145 148 1 265
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 75 kg 112 116 116 2 135 138 141 3 257
2020 Tokyo, Japan 87 kg 100 103 106 10 122 – – 11 225 10
World Championships
2002 Warsaw, Poland 63 kg 80 80 80 – 92.5 92.5 120 13 – –
2005 Doha, Qatar 75 kg 100 105 107 7 115 115 120 13 220 11
2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 75 kg 100 100 100 13 120 120 120 – – –
2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand 75 kg 105 110 115 5 125 130 135 5 240 6
2009 Goyang, South Korea 75 kg 112 118 119 4 130 136 136 9 242 6
2010 Antalya, Turkey 75 kg 112 112 117 6 135 135 135 – – –
2011 Paris, France 75 kg 112 117 120 4 133 138 142 7 258 5
2013 Wrocław, Poland 75 kg 117 122 122 138 146 146 260
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 75 kg 120 120 124 140 147 148 4 264 4
2015 Houston, United States 75 kg – – – – – – – – – –
2017 Anaheim, United States 75 kg 110 115 118 130 135 140 258
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 81 kg 108 110 113 130 136 136 249
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 81 kg 105 108 112 5 130 134 138 246
European Championships
2005 Sofia, Bulgaria 75 kg 100 100 105 6 110 115 120 7 215 6
2006 Władysławowo, Poland 75 kg 103 103 108 5 118 122 125 7 225 7
2007 Strasbourg, France 75 kg 105 110 115 125 130 132 4 247
2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy 75 kg 110 115 118 130 135 135 245
2009 Bucharest, Romania 75 kg 112 117 120 132 132 132 252
2010 Minsk, Belarus 75 kg 110 115 115 132 137 140 255
2011 Kazan, Russia 75 kg 112 117 122 132 142 146 264
2012 Antalya, Turkey 75 kg 112 117 123 135 143 146 260
2013 Tirana, Albania 75 kg 115 120 124 135 140 142 260
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel 75 kg 115 120 121 137 144 147 268
2015 Tbilisi, Georgia 75 kg 112 116 118 135 141 145 263
2017 Split, Croatia 75 kg 112 115 118 132 137 – 252
2018 Bucharest, Romania 75 kg 107 112 115 130 135 140 250
2019 Batumi, Georgia 76 kg 105 108 110 130 133 136 241
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin, Turkey 75 kg 112 115 120 135 140 145 265 –
2018 Tarragona, Spain 75 kg 105 110 112 130 137 -- 249 –

See also

References

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  17. ^ "Lydia Valentín Finally Receives Her Olympic Silver Medal". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. 22 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Weightlifting: Valentin eyes London gold after rivals fail retests". Reuters. 28 July 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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  20. ^ "Lidia Valentin recieved [sic] her Olympic gold medal". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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  22. ^ "Gold at last for North Korea, Rim cheers her 'beloved Leader'". Reuters. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Women's 87 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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