Mari Sánchez Explained

Mari Sánchez
Full Name:	Mari Leivis Sánchez Periñán
Birth Date:	1991 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Turbo, Colombia
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Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	71 kg

Mari Leivis Sánchez Periñán (born 8 October 1991)^[1] is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is a three-time silver medalist in the women's 71kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.^{[1] [2]} She won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[3]

Career

Sánchez won the gold medal in the women's 69kg Snatch event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.^[4] She also won the silver medal in the women's 69kg Clean & Jerk event.^[5] In that same year, she competed in the women's 71kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.^[6]

Sánchez won the silver medal in her event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^{[1] [2]}

Sánchez won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[3] She won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[7]

Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[8] In February 2024, she won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In August 2024, Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[9]

Achievements

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
Olympic Games
	align=left			108	112	112	4	135	140	145	2	257
World Championships
	align=left			103	106	107	6	120	125	125	8	228	7
	align=left			108	111	113	4	133	136	137	7	244	6
	align=left	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		105	108	111	5	128	132	135	7	240	7
IWF World Cup
		71 kg	104	104	110	6	130	135	135	13	240	7
Pan American Games
			105	109	112		130	134	137		246
Pan American Championships
	align=left		63 kg	93	93	96	4	110	115	115	4	211	4
	align=left		71 kg	102	105	105		123	126	129		231
	align=left		71 kg	103	106	106		123	123	129	5	229	5
	align=left		71 kg	105	110	112		130	134	136		246
	align=left		71 kg	90	101	104	4	120	125	128		232
Central American and Caribbean Games
	align=left		69 kg	103	108	111		124	128	130
	align=left		71 kg	100	105	108		125	130	130
South American Games
	align=left		76 kg	105	110	112		130	134	138		240
Bolivarian Games
	align=left			105	108	111		129	131	135

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. News: Iveson . Ali . 27 July 2022 . Records for Rodallegas as Colombia lead medals table at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 28 July 2022.
3. 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.
4. Web site: Women's 69 kg Snatch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212441/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/resBA2018/pdf/BA2018/WL/BA2018_WL_C73_WLW169000.pdf . 23 July 2018 . 30 August 2022 . 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
5. Web site: Women's 69 kg Clean & Jerk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180724002251/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/resBA2018/pdf/BA2018/WL/BA2018_WL_C73_WLW269000.pdf . 24 July 2018 . 30 August 2022 . 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
6. 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.
7. Web site: Women's 76 kg . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006174342/https://www.asu2022.org.py/uploads/resultados/competencias/levantamiento%20de%20pesas%20Women%2076kg.pdf . 6 October 2022 . 6 October 2022 . 2022 South American Games.
8. Web site: Women's 71 kg Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105111450/https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/WLFW71KG--------------FNL---------.C73_2_0.pdf . 5 November 2023 . 11 November 2023 . 2023 Pan American Games.
9. 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.