Mercedes Pérez

Mercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros (born August 7, 1987 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a female Colombian weightlifter competing in the 63 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

Mercedes Pérez

Personal information
Birth name	Mercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros
Born	August 7, 1987 (age 33) Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record World Championships 2017 Anaheim –63 kg Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara –69 kg 2015 Toronto –63 kg 2019 Lima –64 kg Pan American Championships 2008 Callao –63 kg 2010 Guatemala City –63 kg

Career

Olympics

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing in the 63 kg division. Originally she finished ninth but the original silver medalist Irina Nekrassova failed a doping control and her results were disqualified,[2] as a result, Mercedes got moved up to eight place.

In 2016 she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg division finishing fourth overall.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2008	Beijing, China	63 kg	93	97	100	8	120	126	126	8	217	8
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	63 kg	100	104	104	5	125	130	137	4	234	4
World Championships
2005	Doha, Qatar	58 kg	82	86	88	8	105	105	109	9	197	9
2006	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	58 kg	90	90	90	8	105	105	111	8	201	6
2007	Chiang Mai, Thailand	63 kg	97	101	101	10	120	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Goyang, South Korea	63 kg	95	95	100	13	122	125	128	8	225	11
2010	Antalya, Turkey	63 kg	95	99	101	10	125	125	130	9	224	8
2011	Paris, France	69 kg	95	98	100	12	125	130	134	7	230	10
2013	Wrocław, Poland	69 kg	100	100	105	7	130	135	135	7	235	7
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	63 kg	101	101	104	12	127	132	132	11	231	11
2015	Houston, United States	63 kg	97	103	103	12	125	130	137	8	227	8
2017	Anaheim, United States	63 kg	97	101	101	4	123	124	124	4	225
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	64 kg	100	105	108	5	127	131	131		232	4

References

1. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 64 kg
2. "IOC SANCTIONS 16 ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TESTS AT BEIJING 2008". IOC. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

• Mercedes Pérez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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