| Father: | --> |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Weight Class: | 76 kg |
Hellen Andrea Escobar Aguirre is a Colombian weightlifter.[1] She won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2] She is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.[1] [3] [4] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games held in San Salvador, El Salvador.[5]
In 2022, Escobar competed in the women's 87kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[6] In that same year, she also competed in the women's 76kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[7] In 2023, she competed in the women's 81kg event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[8]
In 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=65 | 1 | width=65 | 2 | width=65 | 3 | width=45 | Rank | width=65 | 1 | width=65 | 2 | width=65 | 3 | width=45 | Rank |
| Representing | |||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 103 | 107 | 5 | 133 | 135 | 4 | 242 | 4 | |||||||
| align=left | 103 | 106 | 132 | 136 | 242 | ||||||||||
| Pan American Games | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 97 | 101 | 123 | 127 | 228 | 8 | |||||||||
| Pan American Championships | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 76 kg | 95 | 122 | 126 | — | 221 | |||||||||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 76 kg | 102 | 104 | 127 | 136 | ||||||||||
| South American Games | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 87 kg | 102 | 128 | 230 | 4 | ||||||||||