Mercedes Pérez
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| Birth name | Mercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 7, 1987 (age 37) Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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]
Career
[edit]Olympics
[edit]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.
In 2021 she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics In the 64 kg.
Major results
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Representing Colombia
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2008 |  Beijing, China |
63 kg | 93 | 97 | 8 | 120 | 8 | 217 | 8 | |||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
63 kg | 100 | 104 | 5 | 125 | 130 | 4 | 234 | 4 | ||
| 2020 |  Tokyo, Japan |
64 kg | 101 | 5 | 126 | 5 | 227 | 4 | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2005 |  Doha, Qatar |
58 kg | 82 | 86 | 88 | 8 | 105 | 109 | 9 | 197 | 9 | |
| 2006 |  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
58 kg | 90 | 8 | 105 | 111 | 8 | 201 | 6 | |||
| 2007 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
63 kg | 97 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 |  Goyang, South Korea |
63 kg | 95 | 100 | 13 | 122 | 125 | 8 | 225 | 11 | ||
| 2010 |  Antalya, Turkey |
63 kg | 95 | 99 | 10 | 125 | 9 | 224 | 8 | |||
| 2011 |  Paris, France |
69 kg | 95 | 98 | 100 | 12 | 125 | 130 | 7 | 230 | 10 | |
| 2013 |  Wrocław, Poland |
69 kg | 100 | 105 | 7 | 130 | 7 | 235 | 7 | |||
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan |
63 kg | 100 | 104 | 12 | 127 | 11 | 231 | 11 | |||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
63 kg | 97 | 12 | 125 | 130 | 8 | 227 | 8 | |||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States |
63 kg | 97 | 101 | 4 | 124 | 4 | 225 | 
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| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
64 kg | 100 | 105 | 5 | 127 | |
232 | 4 | |||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand |
64 kg | 102 | 106 AM | 5 | 128 | 132 AM | |
238 AM | 4 | ||
| Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2008 |  Callao, Peru |
63 kg | 92 | 96 |  |
120 | 122 |  |
218 |
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| 2009 | Chicago, United States |
63 kg | 92 | 96 | |
117 | 123 | 126 | |
222 |
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| 2012 |  Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala |
69 kg | 100 | 105 | |
130 | 135 | |
240 |
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| 2013 |  Margarita Island, Venezuela |
69 kg | 96 | 99 | |
123 | 127 | |
226 |
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| 2014 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
63 kg | 98 | 101 | 102 | |
123 | 126 | |
228 |
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| 2016 | Cartagena, Colombia |
63 kg | 100 | 105 | |
126 | |
231 |
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| 2017 | Miami, United States |
63 kg | 94 | 97 | |
121 | 124 | |
221 |
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| 2018 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
69 kg | 99 | 102 | 104 | |
125 | 130 | |
234 |
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| 2019 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
64 kg | 97 | 101 | |
123 | 128 | |
229 |
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| 2020 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
64 kg | 100 | 104 | |
126 | 130 | |
234 |
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| Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Guadalajara, Mexico |
69 kg | 98 | 101 | 2 | 125 | 131 | 1 | 232 |
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| 2015 |  Toronto, Canada |
63 kg | 95 | 103 | 1 | 120 | 132 | 1 | 235 |
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| 2019 | Lima, Peru |
64 kg | 100 | 105 | 1 | 127 | 130 | 1 | 235 |
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References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Mercedes Pérez at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Mercedes Pérez at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Mercedes Pérez at Olympedia
69 kg (1999–2015) · 76 kg (2019–) | |
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63 kg (1999–2015) · 64 kg (2019–) | |
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Olympic weightlifters for Colombia
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Magdalena Department
- Colombian female weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Female powerlifters
- Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Colombian women