Irene Borrego

Irene Borrego
Personal information
Full nameIrene Esmeralda Borrego Palacios
Born (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 23)
Sport
CountryMexico
SportWeightlifting
Weight class55 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Mexico
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Riyadh 55 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cali–Valle 55 kg

Irene Esmeralda Borrego Palacios (born 3 November 2001)[1] is a Mexican weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3]

In 2021, Borrego won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg Snatch event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[4] In that same year, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[5]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 55 kg 85 85 88 9 105 108 109 9 190 10
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 55 kg 85 89 92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 106 110 110 4 199 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 55 kg 84 86 88 1st place, gold medalist(s) 103 107 107 6 189 4
Junior Pan American Games
2021 Colombia Cali, Colombia 55 kg 82 85 87 1 103 106 108 2 191 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's 55 kg" (PDF). 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (6 September 2023). "Chinese Taipei takes gold at IWF World Championships after historic Refugee Team debut". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ^ "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.