Diego Salazar Biography

Colombian weightlifter (born 1980)In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salazar and the second or maternal family name is Quintero.

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 Baranquilla.

Salazar participated in the men's -62:kg cl* 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.

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

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

2008 Summer Olympics performance

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

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• Athlete Biography SALAZAR Diego at beijing2008