Mari Sánchez

Mari Sánchez
Personal information
Full nameMari Leivis Sánchez Periñán
Born (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991
Turbo, Colombia
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 71 kg
  • 76 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 112 kg (2022)
  • Clean & jerk: 145 kg (2024)
  • Total: 257 kg (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's weightlifting
Olympic Games
2024 Paris 71 kg
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago 71 kg
Pan American Championships
2020 Santo Domingo 71 kg
2022 Bogotá 71 kg
2024 Caracas 71 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
2018 Barranquilla 69 kg S
2023 San Salvador 71 kg S
2023 San Salvador 71 kg CJ
2018 Barranquilla 69 kg CJ
South American Games
2022 Asunción 76 kg
Bolivarian Games
2022 Valledupar 71 kg CJ
2022 Valledupar 71 kg S

Mari Leivis Sánchez Periñán (born 8 October 1991)[1] is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is a three-time silver medalist in the women's 71 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.[1][2] She won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3]

Career

Sánchez won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg Snatch event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[4] She also won the silver medal in the women's 69 kg Clean & Jerk event.[5] In that same year, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[6]

Sánchez won the silver medal in her event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[1][2]

Sánchez won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3] She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[7]

Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[8] In February 2024, she won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In August 2024, Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[9]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Colombia
Olympic Games
2024 Paris, France 71 kg 108 112 112 4 135 140 145 2 257
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 71 kg 103 106 107 6 120 125 125 8 228 7
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 71 kg 108 111 113 4 133 136 137 7 244 6
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg 105 108 111 5 128 132 135 7 240 7
IWF World Cup
2024 Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 104 104 110 6 130 135 135 13 240 7
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago, Chile 71 kg 105 109 112 130 134 137 246
Pan American Championships
2014 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 63 kg 93 93 96 4 110 115 115 4 211 4
2020 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 71 kg 102 105 105 123 126 129 231
2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador 71 kg 103 106 106 123 123 129 5 229 5
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 71 kg 105 110 112 130 134 136 246
2024 Caracas, Venezuela 71 kg 90 101 104 4 120 125 128 232
Central American and Caribbean Games
2018 Barranquilla, Colombia 69 kg 103 108 111 124 128 130
2023 San Salvador, El Salvador 71 kg 100 105 108 125 130 130
South American Games
2022 Asunción, Paraguay 76 kg 105 110 112 130 134 138 240
Bolivarian Games
2022 Valledupar, Colombia 71 kg 105 108 111 129 131 135

References

  1. ^ a b c "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b Iveson, Ali (27 July 2022). "Records for Rodallegas as Colombia lead medals table at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Women's 69 kg Snatch" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's 69 kg Clean & Jerk" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's 76 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Women's 71 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.