Tamara Salazar

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Tamara Salazar
Salazar at the Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California in 2017
Personal information
Born (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997
Pusir Grande, Carchi Province, Ecuador[1]
Weight85.15 kg (188 lb)
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportWeightlifting
Event–87 kg
ClubFederacion Deportiva del Carchi
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo–87 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Ashgabat–81 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Pattaya–87 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Bogotá–81 kg
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Lima–87 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar–87 kg S
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar–87 kg CJ

Tamara Yajaira Salazar Arce (born 9 August 1997) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter.[2] She won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo 87 kg Olympic competition, and silver and bronze medals at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.[3]

Career

In the Weightlifting World Championship in 2018, Ecuadorian Tamara Salazar won silver and bronze. Salazar, raised 137 kilos (302.03 pounds) in the Clean & Jerk and won the silver medal. The Belarusian Darya Naumava raised the same, but took the gold for having less body weight. The bronze went to Lidia Valentín of Spain with 136 kg. In the total, Salazar completed 242 kg and took bronze. Valentín (249 kg) and Naumava (245 kg) took gold and silver respectively.[4]

Salazar won the silver medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]

Salazar won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[7][8] She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition.[8]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan87 kg108111113314414715022632nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2017United States Anaheim, United States90 kg9599101812513013362346
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg10110510751331361372nd place, silver medalist(s)2423rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand87 kg10510811141401441473rd place, bronze medalist(s)2523rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. Flores, Christian (24 April 2021). "A Tamara Salazar no hay quién le quite Tokio". Expreso.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. IWRP profile
  3. 2018 World Weightlifting Championships –81 kg results
  4. "Ecuatoriana Tamara Salazar gana plata y bronce en Mundial de Halterofilia". 8 November 2018.
  5. "Women's 87 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. "Samantha Arévalo se clasifica a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos". Hola News. 2021-06-19. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  7. Iveson, Ali (29 July 2022). "Rogers stars for US but Colombia dominate at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.