Francisco Mosquera
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Full name | Francisco Antonio Mosquera Valencia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Pacho[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Colombian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61.00 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bolivar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Oswaldo Pinilla[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francisco Antonio Mosquera Valencia (born 1 April 1992) is a Colombian weightlifter, World Champion, three-time Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]
Career
Injury before Olympics
In 2016 he tore his Patellar tendon in his left knee[4][5] 10 days before the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympics[6] and was unable to compete. His recovery lasted 15 months[7] and he was unable to compete until the 2017 Bolivarian Games, during which he competed in the 62 kg division winning a gold medal.
World Championships
Mosquera won a gold medal in the 62kg division at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim,[8] this makes him the second Colombian weightlifter to win a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships after Leydi Solís also at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.[9]. He also won a silver medal in the 62kg division at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston[10].
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing ![]() | ||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2013 | ![]() |
62 kg | 130 | 5 | 165 | 4 | 295 | 4 | ||||
2015 | ![]() |
62 kg | 135 | 140 | ![]() |
170 | 175 | ![]() |
315 | ![]() | ||
2017 | ![]() |
62 kg | 130 | 7 | 166 | 170 | ![]() |
300 | ![]() | |||
2018 | ![]() |
61 kg | 130 | 135 | 6 | 169 | ![]() |
304 | 4 | |||
2019 | ![]() |
61 kg | 130 | 6 | 167 | 172 | ![]() |
302 | ![]() | |||
Pan American Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2013 | ![]() |
62 kg | 121 | 126 | ![]() |
160 | ![]() |
286 | ![]() | |||
2014 | ![]() |
62 kg | 121 | 124 | ![]() |
155 | 160 | — | ![]() |
284 | ![]() | |
2016 | ![]() |
62 kg | 130 | 135 | ![]() |
165 | 170 | ![]() |
305 | ![]() | ||
Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
2011 | ![]() |
56 kg | 113 | 115 | 117 | 4 | 145 | 4 | 262 | 4 | ||
2015 | ![]() |
62 kg | 130 | 135 | 1 | 170 | 2 | 305 | ![]() | |||
2019 | ![]() |
61 kg | 128 | 132 | 1 | 165 | 170 | 1 | 302 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "Talentos a Río 2016: Francisco Mosquera: "Ser campeón es importante, ser persona, lo es más"". Comité Olímpico Colombiano. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "MOSQUERA (COL) lifts Rio weight off his shoulders with gold in Lima". IWF.net. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
- ^ "Rio 2016 Athlete Page". Olympic.org. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ "Pesista Francisco Mosquera se pierde los Juegos Olímpicos de Río 2016". elpais.com.co. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ "Francisco Mosquera, lesionado en Río 2016 y oro en Lima 2019, quiere revancha en Tokio 2020". LA FM. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Francisco Mosquera: el hombre que se levantó a sí mismo". El Tiempo. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Men's 62kg - Standings". IWF.net. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ "IWF World Championships Roundup". IWF.net. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ "Men's 62kg - Standings". IWF.net. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Colombian male weightlifters
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Weightlifters at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games