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Cristián Escalante

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Cristián Escalante
Escalante in 2011 before the Pan American Games
Personal information
Born (1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 (age 48)
Santiago, Chile
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event+105 kg
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Men's weightlifting
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo +105 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg +105 kg

Cristián Escalante (born September 11, 1976 in Santiago)[1] is a Chilean a weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category. Escalante has competed in three Pan American Games starting in 1999. In 1996, he became the first weightlifter to qualify for the Olympics from Chile.[2]

After placing silver at the 1999 and winning the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, Escalante finally won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. In this process, he broke the Pan American Games record in the overall competition by lifting a total of 401 kilograms (884 lb).[2]

In September 2011, Escalante was named the flag bearer for the Chilean team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Escalante was scheduled to compete in his fourth Pan American Games,[3] however he did not carry the flag or compete after testing positive for steroids.[4]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Result Rank 1 2 3 Result Rank
Representing  Chile
Olympic Games
1996 United States Atlanta, United States 99 kg 132.5 137.5 142.5 142.5 23 162.5 167.5 172.5 172.5 22 315.0 22
World Championships
2006 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic +105 kg 160 167 167 167 14 195 195 202 202 15 369 16
2002 Poland Warsaw, Poland +105 kg 155.0 160.0 165.0 165.0 16 180.0 180.0 — 180.0 20 345.0 17
2001 Turkey Antalya, Turkey +105 kg 152.5 162.5 167.5 162.5 12 185.0 190.0 190.0 190.0 11 352.5 12
1999 Greece Athens, Greece 105 kg 160.0 165.0 165.0 160.0 26 190.0 — — 190.0 30 350.0 26
1997 Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand 99 kg 152.5 157.5 157.5 157.5 15 182.5 187.5 187.5 182.5 19 340.0 17
Pan American Games
2007 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[5] +105 kg 170 177 180 180 1 207 215 221 221 1 401 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2003 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[6] +105 kg — — — 167.5 — — — — 205.0 — 372.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999 Canada Winnipeg, Canada[7] *1 +105 kg — — — 165.0 2 — — — 205.0 3 370.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Note:

  • 1 After the competition he was fourth place, but later the originally silver medalist Cuban Modesto Sánchez and bronze medalist Puerto Rican Edries González was disqualified for used banned substances.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Cristián Escalante". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b Cristián Escalante quiere defender el oro en Guadalajara 2011 Archived 2011-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Cristián Escalante será el abanderado de Chile en los Juegos Panamericanos 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ David Dubbo is the new standard-bearer of Chile in the Pan Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Official Results of the XV Pan American Games (PDF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 2007 Organizing Committee, p. 3,356, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2012, retrieved 9 November 2009.
  6. ^ XIV Pan American Games Results - Day 16, www.cbc.ca, archived from the original on 21 April 2004, retrieved 20 July 2020
  7. ^ 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifting Results, www.qwa.org, archived from the original on 31 March 2002, retrieved 20 July 2020
  8. ^ "Noch mehr Doping bei PanAm Games" (in German). www.spiegel.de. 9 October 1999. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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