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Mari Sánchez
Personal information
Full name	Mari Leivis Sánchez Periñán
Born	8 October 1991 (age 33); Turbo, Colombia
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	71 kg; 76 kg;
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 112 kg (2022); Clean & jerk: 145 kg (2024); Total: 257 kg (2024);
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Women's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
Bolivarian Games

Mari Leivis Sánchez Periñán (born 8 October 1991)^[1] is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is a three-time silver medalist in the women's 71 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.^[1]^[2] She won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[3]

Career

Sánchez won the gold medal in the women's 69 kg Snatch event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.^[4] She also won the silver medal in the women's 69 kg Clean & Jerk event.^[5] In that same year, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.^[6]

Sánchez won the silver medal in her event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[1]^[2]

Sánchez won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[3] She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[7]

Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[8] In February 2024, she won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In August 2024, Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[9]

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
Year	Venue	Weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total	Rank
Representing Colombia
Olympic Games
2024	Paris, France	71 kg	108	~~112~~	112	4	135	140	145	2	257
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	71 kg	103	~~106~~	~~107~~	6	120	~~125~~	125	8	228	7
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	71 kg	108	111	~~113~~	4	133	~~136~~	~~137~~	7	244	6
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	71 kg	105	108	~~111~~	5	128	132	~~135~~	7	240	7
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	71 kg	~~104~~	104	110	6	130	~~135~~	~~135~~	13	240	7
Pan American Games
2023	Santiago, Chile	71 kg	105	109	112	—	130	134	~~137~~	—	246
Pan American Championships
2014	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	63 kg	93	93	96	4	110	~~115~~	115	4	211	4
2020	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	71 kg	102	~~105~~	105		123	126	~~129~~		231
2021	Guayaquil, Ecuador	71 kg	103	~~106~~	106		~~123~~	123	~~129~~	5	229	5
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	71 kg	105	110	112		130	134	~~136~~		246
2024	Caracas, Venezuela	71 kg	90	101	104	4	120	125	128		232
Central American and Caribbean Games
2018	Barranquilla, Colombia	69 kg	103	108	~~111~~		124	128	~~130~~		—	—
2023	San Salvador, El Salvador	71 kg	100	105	108		125	~~130~~	130		—	—
South American Games
2022	Asunción, Paraguay	76 kg	105	110	~~112~~	—	130	~~134~~	~~138~~	—	240
Bolivarian Games
2022	Valledupar, Colombia	71 kg	105	108	111		129	131	135		—	—

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b Iveson, Ali (27 July 2022). "Records for Rodallegas as Colombia lead medals table at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "Women's 69 kg Snatch" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "Women's 69 kg Clean & Jerk" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Women's 76 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Women's 71 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.