Chilean weightlifter (born 1993)
Arley Méndez
Birth name Arley Méndez Perez Nationality Chile Born (1993-12-31 ) December 31, 1993 (age 31) San Cristóbal , Cuba Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Weight 81.00 kg (179 lb)[ 1] Country Sport Weightlifting Event –81 kg Coached by Giorgi Panchev[ 2]
Arley Méndez Perez (born 31 December 1993) is a Chilean weightlifter , World Champion and two time Pan American Champion competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[ 3]
Career
He competed for Chile at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships winning the gold medal in all three categories in the –85 kg division, ahead of the Olympic champion and heavy favorite Kianoush Rostami .[ 4] [ 5]
In 2018, he competed in the newly created 89 kg category at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat winning a gold medal in the Snatch portion of the competition.[ 6]
He represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics .[ 7]
In 2024, he won the silver medal in the men's 89 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.
Major results
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82.5 kg (1920–1991)83 kg (1993–1997)85 kg (1998–2017)89 kg (2018–)
