Tamara Salazar

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salazar and the second or maternal family name is Arce.
Tamara Salazar
Tamara Salazar at the Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California in 2017
Personal information
NationalityEcuadorian
Born (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 26)
Pusir Grande, Carchi Province, Ecuador[1]
Weight85.15 kg (188 lb)
Sport
CountryEcuador
SportWeightlifting
Event–87 kg
ClubFederacion Deportiva del Carchi
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo –87 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat –81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pattaya –87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bogotá –81 kg
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima –87 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar –87 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar –87 kg CJ

Tamara Yajaira Salazar Arce (born 9 August 1997) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter.[2] She won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo 87 kg Olympic competition, and both silver and bronze medals at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.[3]

Career[edit]

In the Weightlifting World Championship in 2018, Ecuadorian Tamara Salazar won silver and bronze. Salazar, raised 137 kilos (302.03 pounds) in the Clean & Jerk and won the silver medal. The Belarusian Darya Naumava raised the same, but took the gold for having less body weight. The bronze went to Lidia Valentín of Spain with 136 kg. In the total, Salazar completed 242 kg and took bronze. Valentín (249 kg) and Naumava (245 kg) took gold and silver respectively.[4]

Salazar won the silver medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]

Salazar won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[7][8] She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition.[8]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.

Major results[edit]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 87 kg 108 111 113 3 144 147 150 2 263 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 90 kg 95 99 101 8 125 130 133 6 234 6
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 81 kg 101 105 107 5 133 136 137 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 242 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 87 kg 105 108 111 4 140 144 147 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 252 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Flores, Christian (24 April 2021). "A Tamara Salazar no hay quién le quite Tokio". Expreso.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ IWRP profile
  3. ^ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships –81 kg results
  4. ^ "Ecuatoriana Tamara Salazar gana plata y bronce en Mundial de Halterofilia". 8 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Women's 87 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Samantha Arévalo se clasifica a sus terceros Juegos Olímpicos". Hola News. 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  7. ^ Iveson, Ali (29 July 2022). "Rogers stars for US but Colombia dominate at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b "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.

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