Mercedes Pérez

Mercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros (born August 7, 1987 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a female Colombian weightlifter competing in the 63 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

Mercedes Pérez
Personal information
Birth nameMercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros
BornAugust 7, 1987 (1987-08-07) (age 33)
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting

Career

Olympics

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing in the 63 kg division. Originally she finished ninth but the original silver medalist Irina Nekrassova failed a doping control and her results were disqualified,[2] as a result, Mercedes got moved up to eight place.

In 2016 she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg division finishing fourth overall.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing, China63 kg9397100812012612682178
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil63 kg100104104512513013742344
World Championships
2005 Doha, Qatar58 kg828688810510510991979
2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic58 kg909090810510511182016
2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand63 kg9710110110120
2009 Goyang, South Korea63 kg959510013122125128822511
2010 Antalya, Turkey63 kg95991011012512513092248
2011 Paris, France69 kg959810012125130134723010
2013 Wrocław, Poland69 kg100100105713013513572357
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan63 kg101101104121271321321123111
2015 Houston, United States63 kg971031031212513013782278
2017 Anaheim, United States63 kg9710110141231241244225
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan64 kg10010510851271311312324

References


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