Cristián Escalante

Cristián Escalante

Escalante in 2011 before the Pan American Games
Personal information
Born	(1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 (age 48) Santiago, Chile
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	+105 kg
Medal record Representing  Chile Men's weightlifting Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro +105 kg 2003 Santo Domingo +105 kg 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

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	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	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	+105 kg	160	167	167	167	14	195	195	202	202	15	369	16
2002	Warsaw, Poland	+105 kg	155.0	160.0	165.0	165.0	16	180.0	180.0	—	180.0	20	345.0	17
2001	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	Athens, Greece	105 kg	160.0	165.0	165.0	160.0	26	190.0	—	—	190.0	30	350.0	26
1997	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	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[5]	+105 kg	170	177	180	180	1	207	215	221	221	1	401
2003	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[6]	+105 kg	—	—	—	167.5	—	—	—	—	205.0	—	372.5
1999	Winnipeg, Canada[7] *^1	+105 kg	—	—	—	165.0	2	—	—	—	205.0	3	370.0

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

1. "Cristián Escalante". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
2. 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.

External links

• Cristián Escalante at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Cristián Escalante at Olympics.com
• Cristián Escalante at Olympedia (archive)