Juan Solís

Juan Solís
Personal information
Birth nameJuan Felipe Solís Arboleda
NationalityColombian
Born (1999-03-05) March 5, 1999 (age 25)
Weight80.40 kg (177 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Events
  • 81 kg
  • 96 kg
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's weightlifting
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Guatemala City 81 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ayacucho 96 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Suva 81 kg

Juan Felipe Solís Arboleda (born 5 March 1999) is a Colombian weightlifter, competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1]

Career

He competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg division winning a bronze medal.[2] Later in 2019 he competed at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships winning a silver medal in the snatch, gold medal in the clean & jerk and silver in the total, finishing 1 kg behind gold medalist Ritvars Suharevs.[3][4]

In February 2020, he was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the anabolic steroid boldenone.[5] In December 2020, the International Weightlifting Federation confirmed his four-year ban from the sport.[5]

References

  1. ^ "PDF listing of 2019 Pan American Championships results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  2. ^ "2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). panamwf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ "SUHAREVS clinched the gold medal from SOLIS in men's 81kg". IWF.net. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Junior Weightlifting World Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  5. ^ a b Oliver, Brian (22 December 2020). "Colombia faces outright ban from Tokyo 2020 weightlifting after trio suspended". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.