Verónica Saladín Explained

Verónica Saladín
Birth Date:1992 5, df=yes
Birth Place:El Seibo, Dominican Republic
Country:Dominican Republic
Sport:Weightlifting

Verónica Estela Saladín Tolentino (born 21 May 1992)[1] is a weightlifter from the Dominican Republic.[2] She won the silver medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3] [4] She is also a three-time silver medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Career

Saladín represented the Dominican Republic at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She finished in 4th place in the women's +75kg event. She also competed in the women's +75 kg event at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships held in Paris, France.[5]

Saladín won the bronze medal in the women's +75kg Snatch event at the 2014 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She competed in the women's +75kg event at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada where she did not register a result in the Clean & Jerk.[6] She won the gold medal in the women's +90kg Snatch event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[1] She also won the silver medal in the women's +90kg Clean & Jerk event.[7]

In 2018, Saladín competed in the women's +87kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[8] A year later, she competed in the same event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[9]

In 2019, Saladín won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[10] [11] She previously also won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships in 2017 and 2018.[12] She won the silver medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[3] [4]

Saladín represented the Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[13] She finished in 7th place in the women's +87kg event.[14]

Saladín won the bronze medal in the women's +87kg Snatch event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[15]

Achievements

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Summer Olympics
align=left 105 111 116 125 131 242 7
World Championships
97 102 103 14 118 125 127 21 228 20
118 122 126 5 142 146 146 12 264 10
120 125 126 9 140 145145 12 265 10
Pan American Games
align=left 102 102 107 125 127 127 232 4
align=left 110 115 117 132 132 132
align=left 120 125 130 145 152 153 283
Central American and Caribbean Games
align=left +90 kg 119 119 122 143 147 148

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's +90 kg Snatch . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729111002/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/resBA2018/pdf/BA2018/WL/BA2018_WL_C73_WLW126000.pdf . 29 July 2018 . 3 August 2022 . 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  2. Web site: Weightlifting SALADIN TOLENTINO Veronica Estela. dead. 2021-08-29. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829224423/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n1398774-saladin-tolentino-veronica-estela.htm.
  3. News: Gillen . Nancy . 30 July 2019 . Brazil's Saraiva Reis earns third consecutive Pan American Games title as weightlifting concludes . InsideTheGames.biz . 3 August 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: 2011 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810043233/http://www.iwf.net/events/2011/WWC_Paris/Results_Book_Paris2011.pdf . 10 August 2020 . 3 August 2022 . International Weightlifting Federation.
  6. Web site: 2015 Pan American Games Weightlifting Results Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181206145303/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/07/WL_15_071.pdf . 6 December 2018 . 29 July 2022 . International Weightlifting Federation.
  7. Web site: Women's +90 kg Clean & Jerk . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729110930/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/resBA2018/pdf/BA2018/WL/BA2018_WL_C73_WLW226000.pdf . 29 July 2018 . 3 August 2022 . 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. News: Morgan. Liam. 27 April 2019. Robles claims three gold medals on final day at Pan American Weightlifting Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 June 2021.
  11. Web site: 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428052137/http://www.panamwf.org/media/61917/resultados_pesas_mayores_gua_2019.pdf . 28 April 2019 . 9 August 2022 . panamwf.org.
  12. News: Oliver . Brian . 27 July 2017 . Robles sweeps golds as USA finish strongly at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 3 August 2022.
  13. Web site: 27 June 2021. República Dominicana tendrá participación histórica en Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio. 28 June 2021. ESPN.com.mx. es.
  14. Web site: Women's +87 kg Results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130705/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  15. 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.