Jhonatan Rivas Mosquera (born 11 July 1998) is a Colombian weightlifter, Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the –94 kg category until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Jhonatan Rivas
Personal information
NationalityColombian
BornJhonatan Rivas Mosquera
(1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 (age 27)
Weight95.00 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Events
  • 96 kg
  • 102 kg
Coached byJaiber Manjarres[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 180 kg (2019)
  • Clean & Jerk: 213 kg (2020)
  • Total: 393 kg (2020)

Career

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He won the silver medal at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in the 94 kg division,[3] and most recently competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships[4] in the 96 kg division.

He competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 96 kg category,[5] winning gold medals in every lift,[6] outlifting the silver medalist by 19 kg.

He won the gold medal in the men's 102 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[7]

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
World Championships
2018Ashgabat, Turkmenistan96 kg171176 JWR180420120120114377 JWR10
2019Pattaya, Thailand96 kg1751791823rd place, bronze medalist(s)20621221253914
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia102 kg16517517582002072071638210
2024Manama, Bahrain102 kg17518018162082132183rd place, bronze medalist(s)3885
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand102 kg17518018011208214214N/aN/aN/a
Pan American Games
2019Lima, Peru96 kg170175177N/a205210N/a3851st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Santiago, Chile102 kg172176N/a202206N/a3821st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2017Miami, United States85 kg1551551592nd place, silver medalist(s)18719273466
2019Guatemala City, Guatemala96 kg1721801801st place, gold medalist(s)2002062111st place, gold medalist(s)3911st place, gold medalist(s)
2020Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic96 kg1751801822nd place, silver medalist(s)2052082131st place, gold medalist(s)3931st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Caracas, Venezuela102 kg175N/aN/aN/aN/a
Central American and Caribbean Games
2018Barranquilla, Colombia94 kg1651st place, gold medalist(s)2002022041st place, gold medalist(s)N/aN/a
Junior World Championships
2016Tbilisi, Georgia85 kg1501501553rd place, bronze medalist(s)180187187103357
2017Tokyo, Japan85 kg15516016051871911953rd place, bronze medalist(s)3465
2018Tashkent, Uzbekistan94 kg1631681711st place, gold medalist(s)1972022032nd place, silver medalist(s)3742nd place, silver medalist(s)
Youth World Championships
2015Lima, Peru85 kg1351401431st place, gold medalist(s)1651701752nd place, silver medalist(s)3152nd place, silver medalist(s)
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References

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  1. "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg Archived 2018-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Qatari ELBAKH proved to be the best". IWF.net. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. "Jhonatan Rivas disputará el Mundial de pesas con la ilusión de su primer título orbital en mayores". Noticias Caracol. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. "2019 Pan American Championships Start List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  6. "Vallecaucano Jonathan Rivas, figura en el cierre del Panamericano de pesas". El Pais. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. "Men's 102 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.