Yenny Álvarez
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Yenny Álvarez Caicedo (born 24 May 1995) is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[1][2] In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3][4]
She won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[5] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[6]
She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[7]
Achievements[edit]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  Colombia
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2024 |  Paris, France |
59 kg | ||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan |
58 kg | 95 | 100 |  |
118 | 122 | 125 | |
225 | 4 | |
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
59 kg | 95 | 99 | 4 | 123 | 127 |  |
226 |
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| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia |
59 kg | 98 | 101 | 6 | 128 | 131 | 133 AM |  |
234 AM |
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| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
59 kg | 100 | 6 | 129 | 5 | 229 | 5 | ||||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 |  Phuket, Thailand |
59 kg | 98 | 100 | 12 | 125 | 9 | 225 | 9 | |||
| Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2023 |  Santiago, Chile |
59 kg | 97 | 100 | 102 | — | 126 | — | 228 |
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| Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Cartagena, Colombia |
58 kg | 95 | 98 | 100 | |
118 | 120 | 124 | |
224 |
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| 2021 |  Guayaquil, Ecuador |
59 kg | 95 | 98 | 100 | |
122 | 126 | 130 | |
230 |
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| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia |
59 kg | 97 | 100 | 102 AM | |
124 | |
226 |
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| 2024 |  Caracas, Venezuela |
59 kg | 96 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Veracruz, Mexico |
58 kg | 95 | 97 | 99 | |
117 | 123 | |
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| 2023 |  San Salvador, El Salvador |
59 kg | 96 | 99 | |
125 | 130 | |
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| South American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Santiago, Chile |
58 kg | 87 | — | 110 | 113 | — | 200 |
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| 2022 |  Asunción, Paraguay |
59 kg | 90 | 94 | 96 | — | 120 | 124 | — | — | 220 |
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| Bolivarian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Valledupar, Colombia |
59 kg | 95 | 98 | — | |
120 | 125 | — | |
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| Junior World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2013 |  Lima, Peru |
53 kg | 83 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 183 | 4 | ||||
| 2014 |  Kazan, Russia |
58 kg | 90 | 94 | |
115 | 119 | |
213 |
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| Youth World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2012 |  Košice, Slovakia |
53 kg | 73 | 77 | |
91 | 97 | 100 | |
177 |
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References[edit]
- ^ Oliver, Brian (8 December 2022). "Colombians go wild as Álvarez beats two Olympic champions at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (11 December 2021). "Olympic gold, Vogue front cover, and another world title for weightlifter Kuo". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Women's 59 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
External links[edit]
- Yenny Álvarez at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Yenny Álvarez at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Colombian female weightlifters
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
- Weightlifters at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
- 21st-century Colombian women
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in weightlifting