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Mari Sánchez

Mari Leivis Sánchez Periñán (born 8 October 1991)[1] is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is a four-time silver medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.[1][2] She won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3]

Mari Sánchez
Personal information
Full nameMari Leivis Sánchez Periñán
Born (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 34)
Turbo, Colombia
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 69 kg
  • 71 kg
  • 76 kg
  • 77 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 112 kg (2025)
  • Clean & jerk: 138 kg (2026)
  • Total: 248 kg (2025)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's weightlifting
Big (Total)
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 0 1
Pan American Games 0 1 0
Pan American Championships 0 4 0
South American Games 0 1 0
Total 0 7 1
Big and small medals
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 0 2
Pan American Games 0 1 0
Pan American Championships 3 9 1
CAC Games 3 0 1
South American Games 0 1 0
Bolivarian Games 3 1 0
Total 9 13 4
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris71 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Førde77 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago71 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 Santo Domingo71 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Bogotá71 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Caracas71 kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Cali77 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Barranquilla69 kg S
Gold medal – first place2023 San Salvador71 kg S
Gold medal – first place2023 San Salvador71 kg CJ
Bronze medal – third place2018 Barranquilla69 kg CJ
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Asunción76 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar71 kg CJ
Gold medal – first place2025 Lima-Ayacucho77 kg S
Gold medal – first place2025 Lima-Ayacucho77 kg CJ
Silver medal – second place2022 Valledupar71 kg S

Career

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Sánchez won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg Snatch event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[4] She also won the silver medal in the women's 69 kg Clean & Jerk event.[5] In that same year, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[6]

Sánchez won the silver medal in her event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[1][2]

Sánchez won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[3] She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[7]

Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[8] In February 2024, she won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In August 2024, Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[9]

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Colombia
Olympic Games
2024Paris, France71 kg108112112413514014522572nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2018Ashgabat, Turkmenistan71 kg103106 107 6120125 12582287
2022Bogotá, Colombia71 kg108111113413313613772446
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia71 kg105108111512813213572407
2024Manama, Bahrain71 kg103106110613013513572366
2025Førde, Norway77 kg1061101123rd place, bronze medalist(s)13213613652483rd place, bronze medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand71 kg1041041106130135135132407
Pan American Games
2023Santiago, Chile71 kg105109112N/a130134137N/a2462nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2014Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic63 kg939396411011511542114
2020Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic71 kg1021051051st place, gold medalist(s)1231261293rd place, bronze medalist(s)2312nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021Guayaquil, Ecuador71 kg1031061062nd place, silver medalist(s)12312312952295
2022Bogotá, Colombia71 kg1051101122nd place, silver medalist(s)1301341361st place, gold medalist(s)2462nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024Caracas, Venezuela71 kg9010110441201251282nd place, silver medalist(s)2322nd place, silver medalist(s)
2025Cali, Colombia77 kg1051091111st place, gold medalist(s)1301341372nd place, silver medalist(s)2482nd place, silver medalist(s)
2026Panama City, Panama77 kg10511011151301381422nd place, silver medalist(s)2434
Central American and Caribbean Games
2018Barranquilla, Colombia69 kg1031081111st place, gold medalist(s)1241281303rd place, bronze medalist(s)N/aN/a
2023San Salvador, El Salvador71 kg1001051081st place, gold medalist(s)1251301301st place, gold medalist(s)N/aN/a
South American Games
2022Asunción, Paraguay76 kg105110112N/a130134138N/a2402nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bolivarian Games
2022Valledupar, Colombia71 kg1051081112nd place, silver medalist(s)1291311351st place, gold medalist(s)N/aN/a
2025Lima, Peru77 kg102105—1st place, gold medalist(s)128——1st place, gold medalist(s)N/aN/a

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  2. 1 2 Iveson, Ali (27 July 2022). "Records for Rodallegas as Colombia lead medals table at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Women's 69 kg Snatch" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Women's 69 kg Clean & Jerk" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Women's 76 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Women's 71 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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