Arley Méndez
Arley Méndez Perez (born 31 December 1993) is a Chilean weightlifter, World Champion and two time Pan American Champion competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]
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Birth name | Arley Méndez Perez | |||||||||||||||||||
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Born | San Cristóbal, Cuba | December 31, 1993|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88.75 kg (196 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | –89 kg | |||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Giorgi Panchev[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He competed for Chile at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships winning the gold medal in all three categories in the –85 kg division.[4][5]
In 2018 he competed in the newly created 89 kg category at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat winning a gold medal in the Snatch portion of the competition.[6]
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
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2017 | 85 kg | 163 | 171 | 175 | 203 | 378 | ||||||
2018 | 89 kg | 160 | 169 | 190 | 200 | 7 | 369 | 5 | ||||
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References
- "Arley Mendez Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 89 kg
- "Arley Méndez ganó el "Cóndor de Oro" como mejor deportista de 2017". adnradio.cl. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- "Chile's Arley Mendez wins gold at World Weightlifting Championship 2017". Santiago Times. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- "Arley Méndez se coronó campeón mundial en Turkmenistán". adnradio.cl. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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