Keydomar Vallenilla Explained

Keydomar Vallenilla
Native Name:Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sánchez
Birth Date:8 October 1999 [1]
Birth Place:La Guaira, Venezuela
Weight:94 kg
Country:Venezuela
Sport:Weightlifting
Coach:Henry Velasquez

Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sánchez (born 8 October 1999) is a Venezuelan weightlifter. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[2] [3]

Career

Vallenilla won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk in the men's 89kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[4] [5] He also won the bronze medal in the Snatch in the men's 89kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[6]

In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's 96kg event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[7]

In 2021, Vallenilla won the silver medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] He won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[9] [10] In that same year, he won the bronze medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[11] [12]

He won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[13] [14] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[15] [16] He also set new Panamerican records in both the Snatch and the Clean & Jerk which were all improved upon during the competition by Brayan Rodallegas of Colombia.[16]

Vallenilla won the gold medal in the men's 96kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[17] In December 2022, Vallenilla won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[2] [3] In that same month, he was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.[18]

Vallenilla won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. He also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. In September 2023, he won the bronze medal in the men's 89kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[19]

In 2024, he won the gold medal in the men's 96kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In August 2024, Vallenilla competed in the men's 89kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[20] He lifted 358 kg in total and placed eighth.

Achievements

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
align=left Tokyo, Japan 172 175 177 210 215 216 387
Paris, France 157162165 190196200 358 8
World Championships
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 160 165 167 9 195 201 204 369 6
Pattaya, Thailand 164 167 169 195 200 200 12 364 8
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 172 175 177 210 214 214 391
align=left Bogotá, Colombia 171 171 175 210 213 215 4 385
align=left Riyadh, Saudi Arabia165 169 171 205 209 210 381
IWF World Cup
align=left Phuket, Thailand 89 kg 165 168 169 10 — — — — — —
Pan American Games
align=left Lima, Peru 165 169 171 200 205 207 374
align=left Santiago, Chile 168 172 177 208 211 — 383
Pan American Championships
align=left Miami, United States 85 kg 150 156 160 4 189 194 195 351
align=left Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 85 kg 151 158 162 192 192 192 7 354 6
align=left Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 96 kg 170 175 175 210 210 210 — — —
align=left Guayaquil, Ecuador 96 kg 164 169 174 205 209 214 388
align=left Bogotá, Colombia 89 kg 162 167 171 202 206 210 377
align=left Bariloche, Argentina 89 kg 167 176 176 202 212 — 379
Caracas, Venezuela 96 kg 165 170 — 202 212 — 382
South American Games
align=left Cochabamba, Bolivia 85 kg 152 160 164 192 200 202 360
align=left Asunción, Paraguay 96 kg 168 174 178 204 211 216 394
Bolivarian Games
align=left Valledupar, Colombia 96 kg 167 167 167 201 206 210

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keydomar Vallenilla corona una brillante trayectoria con una medalla olímpica . 31 July 2021 .
  2. News: Oliver . Brian . 11 December 2022 . Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 12 December 2022.
  3. Web site: 2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20221217071304/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/12/Bogota-Results-Book.pdf . 17 December 2022 . 17 December 2022 . IWF.
  4. News: Etchells. Daniel. 6 November 2018. Russia win first medals of 2018 IWF World Championships as Okulov holds onto take double gold in men's 89kg. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 July 2021.
  5. Web site: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181111043844/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/11/Results_Book_2018_Ashgabat.pdf. 11 November 2018. 23 June 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
  6. Web site: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001808/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf. 25 July 2021. 25 July 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
  7. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200306144833/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/WL_Results_Book_1.0.pdf. 6 March 2020. 22 August 2020. 2019 Pan American Games.
  8. News: Oliver. Brian. 31 July 2021. Weightlifter Meso wins Qatar's first ever Olympic gold medal. InsideTheGames.biz. 31 July 2021.
  9. News: Oliver . Brian . 8 November 2021 . Mixed fortunes for Tokyo medallists at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . . 4 May 2022.
  10. News: 10 November 2021 . Colombia se impone en el Panamericano de Halterofilia; Ecuador finaliza en el octavo lugar . es . El Universo . 8 August 2022.
  11. News: Oliver. Brian. 14 December 2021. Weightlifting world record for Colombia's Paredes as Olympic champion Meso beaten. InsideTheGames.biz. 14 December 2021.
  12. Web site: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
  13. News: 4 July 2022 . Keydomar Vallenilla, lucha y baloncesto 3x3 ganaron oro en Valledupar 2022 . es . Primicia . 26 September 2022.
  14. Web site: Weightlifting Medalists . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203149/https://www.bolivarianosvalledupar.com/medalleria/deporte/2439 . 30 August 2022 . 30 August 2022 . 2022 Bolivarian Games.
  15. News: Iveson . Ali . 27 July 2022 . Records for Rodallegas as Colombia lead medals table at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 28 July 2022.
  16. Web site: 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220730112107/https://panampesas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RESULTBOOK.pdf . 30 July 2022 . 30 July 2022 . Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas.
  17. Web site: Men's 96 kg . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008164221/https://www.asu2022.org.py/uploads/resultados/competencias/Levantamiento%20de%20pesas%20Men%2096kg.pdf . 8 October 2022 . 8 October 2022 . 2022 South American Games.
  18. News: Oliver . Brian . 21 December 2022 . Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission . InsideTheGames.biz . 24 December 2022.
  19. Web site: 2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230917164936/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf . 17 September 2023 . 17 September 2023 . International Weightlifting Federation.
  20. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.

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