Lydia Valentín Explained

Lydia Valentín
Full Name:Lydia Valentín Pérez
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:10 February 1985
Birth Place:Ponferrada, Spain
Height:1.69 m
Weight:78.80 kg
Country:Spain
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:–81 kg
Club:Cas-Leonesa, CLE
Coach:Matías Fernández
Yearsactive:2002–2023
Show-Medals:no

Lydia Valentín Pérez[1] [2] (born 10 February 1985) is a Spanish retired[3] weightlifter, Olympic Champion, 2 time World Champion and 4 time European Champion competing in the 75 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[4] Lydia has won three Olympic Medals (Silver in 2008, Gold in 2012 and Bronze in 2016), two World Weightlifting Championships (2017 and 2018), as well as four European Weightlifting Championships.[5] [6] [7]

Career

At the 2007 World Championships, she ranked sixth in the 75 kg category with a total of 240 kg.

At the 2013 World Championships, she won bronze in the snatch and placed fourth in the total, being promoted to silver and bronze respectively when Olga Zubova was disqualified for failing a doping test.[8] [9] In 2017, Lydia won the World Weightlifting Championship held in Anaheim, United States.[5]

At the European Championships, she won four gold medals for the total in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 three silver medals (in 2008, 2012 and 2013) and three bronze medals (in 2007, 2009 and 2011), with three gold and four silver medals in the snatch, and two gold, one silver and five bronze medals in the clean and jerk.[10]

Olympics

In 2008, Valentín competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg category finishing in fifth place at the time of competition with a 250 kg total.[11] In 2016, retests of samples from the 75 kg category at the 2008 Olympics returned positive results for the original gold medalist Cao Lei[12] and bronze medalist Nadezhda Evstyukhina.[13] Both were disqualified, and Valentín was awarded the silver medal.[14] [15]

In 2012, Valentín competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg category, and finished in fourth place with a 265 kg total, behind the eight new Olympic Records set by Svetlana Podobedova and Natalia Zabolotnaya. In 2016, during retests, all three original medalists returned positive results, thus disqualifying them.[16] [17] [18] Valentín was declared the Olympic Champion, and in March 2019, she was awarded her gold medal.[19]

In 2016, while waiting for confirmation of these medals, Valentín had competed in the 2016 Olympics, where she lifted a total of 257 kg and won the bronze medal. It was, at the time, Spain's first medal ever in weightlifting (retrospectively third).[20]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 87 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[21]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=40 1width=40 2width=40 3width=40 Rankwidth=40 1width=40 2width=40 3width=40 Rank
Olympic Games
align=left 110 110 115 2 130 135 138 3 250
align=left 115 115 120 1 140 145 148 1 265
align=left 112 116 116 2 135 138 141 3 257
align=left 100 103 106 10 122 – – 11 225 10
World Championships
align=left 80 80 80 – 92.5 92.5 120 13 – –
align=left 100 105 107 7 115 115 120 13 220 11
align=left 100 100 100 13 120 120 120 – – –
align=left 105 110 115 5 125 130 135 5 240 6
align=left 112 118 119 4 130 136 136 9 242 6
align=left 112 112 117 6 135 135 135 – – –
align=left 112 117 120 4 133 138 142 7 258 5
align=left 117 122 122 138 146 146 260
align=left 120 120 124 140 147 148 4 264 4
align=left – – – – – – – – – –
align=left 110 115 118 130 135 140 258
align=left 108 110 113 130 136 136 249
align=left 105 108 112 5 130 134 138 246
European Championships
align=left 75 kg 100 100 105 6 110 115 120 7 215 6
align=left 75 kg 103 103 108 5 118 122 125 7 225 7
align=left 75 kg 105 110 115 125 130 132 4 247
align=left 75 kg 110 115 118 130 135 135 245
align=left 75 kg 112 117 120 132 132 132 252
align=left 75 kg 110 115 115 132 137 140 255
align=left 75 kg 112 117 122 132 142 146 264
align=left 75 kg 112 117 123 135 143 146 260
align=left 75 kg 115 120 124 135 140 142 260
align=left 75 kg 115 120 121 137 144 147 268
align=left 75 kg 112 116 118 135 141 145 263
align=left 75 kg 112 115 118 132 137 – 252
align=left 75 kg 107 112 115 130 135 140 250
align=left 76 kg 105 108 110 130 133 136 241
Mediterranean Games
112115120135140145265–
105110112130137--249–

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lydia Valentín - Official Website . LydiaValentin.com . 7 July 2022 . 22 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210622111517/https://www.lydiavalentin.com/gb/ . live .
  2. Web site: Lydia Valentín Pérez . COE.es . es . . 7 July 2022 . 7 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707080550/https://web.coe.es/COE/bd_perso.nsf/2012FDeportistaN3?OpenForm=&query=4755%2A&DEPORTISTA=3421%2A . live .
  3. Web site: La triple medallista olímpica de halterofilia Lydia Valentín anunciará el jueves su retirada . . 17 September 2023 . 15 September 2023 . es .
  4. Web site: PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg . Ashgabat2018.com . 14 December 2018 . 15 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065812/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/W81A.pdf . live .
  5. Web site: VALENTIN PEREZ Lydia (ESP) crowned World Champion . IWF.net . . 4 December 2017 . 4 December 2017 . 5 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093041/http://www.iwf.net/2017/12/04/valentin-perez-lidia-esp-crowned-world-champion/ . live .
  6. News: Lidia, I de España y III de Europa . Spanish . . 12 April 2009 . 18 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716145730/http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=446711 . 16 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all.
  7. News: Lidia Valentín logra el bronce en el Europeo de 75 kilos . Spanish . . 10 April 2009 . 18 April 2009 . 14 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090414055652/http://www.marca.com/2009/04/10/mas_deportes/otros_deportes/1239389802.html . live .
  8. Web site: Sanctioned athletes . IWF.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 2 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130327032059/http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctioned-athletes/ . 27 March 2013.
  9. Web site: 2013 IWF World Championships . IWF.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 18 April 2014 . 22 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170322094144/http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=253 . live .
  10. Web site: Valentin Lidia (ESP) . iat.uni-leipzig.de . de . IAT Weightlifting Database . 18 April 2009 . 27 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110527033740/http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=47F1ACDC276F4C84827C1C5C07C19AC5 . live .
  11. News: Diploma olímpico para la haltera Lidia Valentín . Spanish . . 15 August 2008 . 18 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007083518/http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20080815/53520749236.html . 7 October 2008 . dead . dmy-all.
  12. Web site: IWF Public Disclosure . IWF.net . 24 August 2016 . International Weightlifting Federation . 5 March 2019 . 3 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180703030215/http://www.iwf.net/2016/08/24/public-disclosures-5/ . live .
  13. Web site: 2 Russian Olympic weightlifting medalists fail doping tests . Dailyherald . 7 June 2016 . 5 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043311/https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160607/sports/306079887 . live .
  14. Web site: Valentin awarded Beijing 2008 silver medal after new doping case . Marca . 24 August 2016 . 5 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111508/https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2016/08/24/57bd9bc6468aebc1748b45ac.html . live .
  15. Web site: Lydia Valentín Finally Receives Her Olympic Silver Medal . IWF.net . 22 January 2018 . International Weightlifting Federation . 5 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043426/https://www.iwf.net/2018/01/22/lydia-valentin-silver-medal/ . live .
  16. News: 2017 Lifter of the Year Lydia Valentin . International Weightlifting Federation . 6 February 2018 . 6 February 2018 . 10 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180210011615/http://www.iwf.net/2018/02/06/2017-lifter-year-lydia-valentin/ . live .
  17. News: Weightlifting: Valentin eyes London gold after rivals fail retests . Reuters . 28 July 2016 . 5 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111345/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-doping-weightlifting-valentin-idUSKCN1081K0 . live .
  18. Web site: 3 weightlifters stripped of Olympic golds in doping cases . Associated Press . 27 October 2016 . 5 March 2019 . 6 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043403/https://apnews.com/a3d07a0dac4a4d74948b504725727fe1 . live .
  19. Web site: Lidia Valentin her Olympic gold medal . IWF.net . 5 March 2019 . International Weightlifting Federation . 5 March 2019 . 5 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190305125009/https://www.iwf.net/2019/03/05/lidia-valentin-recieved-olympic-gold-medal/ . live .
  20. News: Gold at last for North Korea, Rim cheers her 'beloved Leader' . Reuters . 12 August 2016 . 5 March 2019 . 12 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190212035158/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-weightlifting-women-75kg/gold-at-last-for-north-korea-rim-cheers-her-beloved-leader-idUSKCN10N2MX . live .
  21. Web site: Women's 87 kg Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130745/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW87KG--------------FNL---------.pdf . 2 August 2021 . 15 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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