Arley Méndez Perez (born 31 December 1993) is a Chilean weightlifter, World Champion and two time Pan American Champion competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]
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| Birth name | Arley Méndez Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Chile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 31, 1993 San Cristóbal, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81.00 kg (179 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Chile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –81 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Giorgi Panchev[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
He competed for Chile at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships winning the gold medal in all three categories in the –85 kg division, ahead of the Olympic champion and heavy favorite Kianoush Rostami.[4][5]
In 2018, he competed in the newly created 89 kg category at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat winning a gold medal in the Snatch portion of the competition.[6]
He represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]
In 2024, he won the silver medal in the men's 89 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan |
81 kg | 160 | 8 | — | — | — | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2017 |  Anaheim, United States |
85 kg | 163 | 171 | 175 |  |
203 | |
378 |
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| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
89 kg | 160 | 169 | |
190 | 200 | 7 | 369 | 5 | ||
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting. Men's 81 kg. Group A. Competition Sheet" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 89 kg
- ^ "Arley Méndez ganó el "Cóndor de Oro" como mejor deportista de 2017". adnradio.cl. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Chile's Arley Mendez wins gold at World Weightlifting Championship 2017". Santiago Times. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Arley Méndez se coronó campeón mundial en Turkmenistán". adnradio.cl. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ ADN. "El Team Chile ya suma 52 clasificados a los JJ.OO. de Tokio". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
