Miguel Suárez (weightlifter) explained

Miguel Suárez
Full Name:	Miguel Angel Suárez Mesa
Birth Date:	1999 9, df=yes
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Country:	Colombia
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	55 kg

Miguel Angel Suárez Mesa (born 14 September 1999)^[1] is a Colombian weightlifter. He is a three-time gold medalist in the men's 55kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. He also won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[2]

Career

Suárez won the gold medal in the men's 55kg event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.^{[3] [4]} In that same year, he competed in the men's 55kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[5]

In 2022, Suárez won the gold medal in the men's 55kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^{[1] [6]} He also won the gold medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. He set a new Panamerican record of 142kg in the Clean & Jerk.^[1]

He won the bronze medal in the men's 55kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^{[7] [8]}

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
World Championships
	align=left			104	104	104	14	133	138	142	6	242	7
			105	109	109	10	140	143	145		248	5
	align=left			102	106	108	11	133	140	141	9	239	9
Pan American Championships
	align=left		55 kg	100	103	105		130	133	137		242
	align=left		55 kg	103	105	107		132	135	137		244
	align=left		55 kg	100	103	105		133	138	142		247
Central American and Caribbean Games
	align=left		55 kg	100	104	106		132	136	138
Bolivarian Games
	align=left			100	105	108		129	135	140

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. 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.
3. News: Oliver . Brian . 8 November 2021 . Mixed fortunes for Tokyo medallists at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . . 4 May 2022.
4. News: 4 November 2021 . Colombia y Estados Unidos, en varones, se adelantan en el medallero del Panamericano de halterofilia . es . 8 August 2022 . El Universo.
5. 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.
6. News: 25 July 2022 . Junior world record and three golds for US at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 26 July 2022.
7. News: Oliver . Brian . 6 December 2022 . Gold for China and Chanu recovery lights up weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 7 December 2022.
8. 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.