Diego Salazar

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Salazar and the second or maternal family name is Quintero.

Diego Salazar

Personal information
Born	3 October 1980
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Competitor for  Colombia Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing – 62 kg World Championships Bronze 2006 Santo Domingo – 62 kg Pan American Games Gold 2003 Santo Domingo – 62 kg Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro – 62 kg Pan American Championships Silver 2008 Callao – 62 kg Central American and Caribbean Games Bronze 2006 Cartagena – 62 kg

Diego Fernando Salazar Quintero (born 3 October 1980) is a Colombian weightlifter, Olympic medalist and two times gold medal winner at the Pan American Games. He was born in Tuluá, Department of Valle del Cauca.^[1]

Salazar participated in the men's -62 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Qiu Le and Oscar Figueroa. He snatched 131 kg and clean and jerked an additional 164 kg for a total of 295 kg, 13 kg behind winner Qiu.^[2]

He ranked sixth in the 62 kg category at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting a total of 293 kg.^[3]

At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships he won the silver medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 302 kg in total.^[4]

2008 Summer Olympics performance

Salazar won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games behind China's Zhan Xiangxiang. Salazar lifted 167 kg and took the silver medal with a total weight of 305 kg.

References

1. ^ "DIEGO FERNANDO SALAZAR QUINTERO" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Colombiano. http://www.coc.org.co/sitio/images/stories/hojas/pesas/lvp-hv-dsalazar.pdf. 
2. ^ 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -62 KG MEN, iwf.net
3. ^ "SALAZAR Diego". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1648. 
4. ^ "SALAZAR Diego". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1961. 

External links

• Athlete Biography SALAZAR Diego at beijing2008

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