- Diego Fernando Salazar
Diego Fernando Salazar (born
3 October 1980 ) is aColombia n weightlifter, Olympic medalist and two times gold medal winner at thePan American Games . He was born inTuluá ,Department of Valle del Cauca .cite web|title=DIEGO FERNANDO SALAZAR QUINTERO|publisher=Comité Olímpico Colombiano|url=http://www.coc.org.co/sitio/images/stories/hojas/pesas/lvp-hv-dsalazar.pdf|language=Spanish]Salazar participated in the men's -62 kg class at the
2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behindQiu Le andOscar Figueroa . He snatched 131 kg andclean and jerk ed an additional 164 kg for a total of 295 kg, 13 kg behind winner Qiu. [ [http://www.iwf.net/results/results_results.php?placecod=8 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -62 KG MEN] , iwf.net]He ranked sixth in the 62 kg category at the
2007 World Weightlifting Championships , lifting a total of 293 kg. [cite web|title=SALAZAR Diego|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1648]At the
2008 Pan-American Championships he won the silver medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 302 kg in total. [cite web|title=SALAZAR Diego|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1961]2008 Summer Olympics performance
Salazar won a
silver medal at the2008 Summer Olympic Games behind China's Zhan Xiangxiang. Salazar lifted 167kg and took the silver medal with a total weight of 305kg.References
External links
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/207095.shtml Athlete Biography SALAZAR Diego] at beijing2008
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