Julio Cesar Salamanca Pineda (born 15 July 1989) is a Salvadoran weightlifter.[1] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 62 kg, finishing 11th.[2] He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 62 kg,[3] ranking 2nd in Group B.
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| Nationality |  Salvadoran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's 62 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Salamanca won the 62 kg gold medal in clean & jerk and silver in snatch during the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ "Julio Cesar Salamanca Pineda". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Julio Cesar Salamanca Pineda". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Group B Weightlifting Startlist" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Consigue Lino Montes dos bronces en el inicio del levantamiento de pesas de FDP" [Lino Montes got two bronzes at the start of weightlifting FDP] (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: CONADE. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Cuba encabeza halterofilia del Festival Deportivo Panamericano" [Cuba leads the Sports Festival Pan American weightlifting] (in Spanish). Radio Progreso. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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