Yenny Álvarez Explained

Yenny Álvarez
Birth Name:	Yenny Álvarez Caicedo
Citizenship:	Colombian
Birth Date:	1995 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	59 kg

Yenny Álvarez Caicedo (born 24 May 1995) is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^{[1] [2]} In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Álvarez won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[5] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[6]

Álvarez won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[7]

In August 2024, Álvarez competed in the women's 59kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[8] She lifted 105 kg in the Snatch sharing third privisional place but then failed three attempts in the Clean & Jerk.^[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
Olympic Games
	align=left			101	103	105	3	130	132	132
World Championships
	align=left			95	100	103		118	122	125		225	4
	align=left			95	99	101	4	123	123	127		226
	align=left			98	98	101	6	128	131	133 AM		234 AM
	align=left			100	103	103	6	129	132	132	5	229	5
IWF World Cup
		59 kg	98	98	100	12	125	130	130	9	225	9
Pan American Games
			97	100	102		126	126	134		228
Pan American Championships
	align=left		58 kg	95	98	100		118	120	124		224
	align=left		59 kg	95	98	100		122	126	130		230
	align=left		59 kg	97	100	102 AM		124	124	128		226
	align=left		59 kg	96	100	—	5	—	—	—
Central American and Caribbean Games
	align=left		58 kg	95	97	99		117	121	123
	align=left		59 kg	96	99	103		125	130	131
South American Games
	align=left		58 kg	87	90	90		110	113	116		200
	align=left		59 kg	90	94	96		120	124	—		220
Bolivarian Games
	align=left			95	98	—		120	125	—
Junior World Championships
	align=left		53 kg	80	83	86	4	100	105	106	4	183	4
	align=left		58 kg	90	94	97		115	119	119		213
Youth World Championships
	align=left		53 kg	73	77	80		91	97	100		177

Notes and References

1. News: Oliver . Brian . 8 December 2022 . Colombians go wild as Álvarez beats two Olympic champions at weightlifting World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 10 December 2022.
2. 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.
3. News: Oliver. Brian. 11 December 2021. Olympic gold, Vogue front cover, and another world title for weightlifter Kuo. InsideTheGames.biz. 11 December 2021.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Web site: Weightlifting Medalists . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008185854/https://www.asu2022.org.py/en/medalleria/deporte/85 . 8 October 2022 . 8 October 2022 . 2022 South American Games.
7. Web site: Women's 59 kg Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105111339/https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/WLFW59KG--------------FNL---------.C73_2_0.pdf . 5 November 2023 . 4 April 2024 . 2023 Pan American Games.
8. 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.