Jonathan Muñoz

Jonathan Muñoz
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Antonio Muñoz Martínez
Born (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 29)
Aguascalientes, Mexico[1]
Sport
CountryMexico
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 67 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Santo Domingo 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Miami 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Santo Domingo 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bogotá 73 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla 69 kg CJ
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla 69 kg S

Jonathan Antonio Muñoz Martínez (born 10 November 1995) is a Mexican weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[2] He is also a five-time medalist, including gold, at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

He finished in 4th place in the men's 69 kg event at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada.[3] A few months later, he competed in the men's 69 kg event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships held in Houston, United States.[4] At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he finished in 8th place in the men's 69 kg event.

He won the bronze medal in the men's 69 event at both the 2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Miami, United States and the 2018 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He won two medals in his events at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.[5][6]

At the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event.[7][8] In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[9]

He also competed in the men's 67 kg event at both the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.[10][11]

He competed in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13] He finished in 10th place.[13]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 67 kg 135 139 139 — 163 163 170 — 298 10
Pan American Games
2019 Peru Lima, Peru 67 kg 130 135 138 — 163 168 173 — 306 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Jonathan Muñoz". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2015 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Men's 69 kg Snatch" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Men's 69 kg Clean & Jerk" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  7. ^ Etchells, Daniel (April 24, 2019). "American sensation Cummings shines on day two of Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). panamwf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  9. ^ Oliver, Brian (20 April 2021). "China's Shi and United States' Delacruz shine at continental weightlifting championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ^ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  12. ^ "El 'Hércules mexicano' quiere ser el primer hombre en ganar una medalla en halterofilia para México en JJ.OO". Record (in Spanish). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Men's 67 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.