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Mercedes Pérez
Personal information
Birth nameMercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros
BornAugust 7, 1987 (1987-08-07) (age 37)
Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Anaheim –63 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto –63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima –64 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Callao –63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guatemala City –63 kg

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]

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 China Beijing, China 63 kg 93 97 100 8 120 126 126 8 217 8
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 63 kg 100 104 104 5 125 130 137 4 234 4
World Championships
2005 Qatar Doha, Qatar 58 kg 82 86 88 8 105 105 109 9 197 9
2006 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 58 kg 90 90 90 8 105 105 111 8 201 6
2007 Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand 63 kg 97 101 101 10 120 — — — — —
2009 South Korea Goyang, South Korea 63 kg 95 95 100 13 122 125 128 8 225 11
2010 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 63 kg 95 99 101 10 125 125 130 9 224 8
2011 France Paris, France 69 kg 95 98 100 12 125 130 134 7 230 10
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 69 kg 100 100 105 7 130 135 135 7 235 7
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 63 kg 101 101 104 12 127 132 132 11 231 11
2015 United States Houston, United States 63 kg 97 103 103 12 125 130 137 8 227 8
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 63 kg 97 101 101 4 123 124 124 4 225 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 100 105 108 5 127 131 131 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 232 4

References

  1. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
  2. ^ "IOC SANCTIONS 16 ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TESTS AT BEIJING 2008". IOC. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
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