Yenny Álvarez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Caicedo.
Yenny Álvarez
Personal information
Birth nameYenny Álvarez Caicedo
CitizenshipColombian
Born (1995-05-24) 24 May 1995 (age 29)
Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 59 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's weightlifting
Big (Total)
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 1 1
Junior World Championships 0 1 0
Youth World Championships 0 1 0
Pan American Games 1 0 0
Pan American Championships 3 0 0
South American Games 1 0 1
Total 6 3 2
Big and small medals
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 2 2 4
Junior World Championships 1 1 1
Youth World Championships 1 2 0
Pan American Games 1 0 0
Pan American Championships 9 0 0
CAC Games 4 0 0
South American Games 1 0 1
Bolivarian Games 2 0 0
Total 21 5 6
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bogotá 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Manama 59 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 59 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cartagena 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guayaquil 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bogotá 59 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 58 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 58 kg CJ
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador 59 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador 59 kg CJ
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago 58 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 59 kg S
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 59 kg CJ
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan 58 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Košice 53 kg

Yenny Álvarez Caicedo (born 24 May 1995) is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[1][2] In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3][4]

Career

Álvarez won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[5] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[6]

Álvarez won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[7]

In August 2024, Álvarez competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[8] She lifted 105 kg in the Snatch sharing third provisional place but then failed three attempts in the Clean & Jerk.[8]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Colombia
Olympic Games
2024 France Paris, France 59 kg 101 103 105 3 130 132 132 — — —
World Championships
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 58 kg 95 100 103 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 118 122 125 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 225 4
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 59 kg 95 99 101 4 123 123 127 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 226 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 98 98 101 6 128 131 133 AM 1st place, gold medalist(s) 234 AM 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 100 103 103 6 129 132 132 5 229 5
2024 Bahrain Manama, Bahrain 59 kg
IWF World Cup
2024 Thailand Phuket, Thailand 59 kg 98 98 100 12 125 130 130 9 225 9
Pan American Games
2023 Chile Santiago, Chile 59 kg 97 100 102 — 126 126 134 — 228 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2016 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia 58 kg 95 98 100 1st place, gold medalist(s) 118 120 124 1st place, gold medalist(s) 224

1st place, gold medalist(s)

2021 Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador 59 kg 95 98 100 1st place, gold medalist(s) 122 126 130 1st place, gold medalist(s) 230

1st place, gold medalist(s)

2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 97 100 102 AM 1st place, gold medalist(s) 124 124 128 1st place, gold medalist(s) 226 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela 59 kg 96 100 — 5 — — — — — —
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 Mexico Veracruz, Mexico 58 kg 95 97 99 1st place, gold medalist(s) 117 121 123 1st place, gold medalist(s) — —
2023 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador 59 kg 96 99 103 1st place, gold medalist(s) 125 130 131 1st place, gold medalist(s) — —
South American Games
2014 Chile Santiago, Chile 58 kg 87 90 90 — 110 113 116 — 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay 59 kg 90 94 96 — 120 124 — — 220 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bolivarian Games
2022 Colombia Valledupar, Colombia 59 kg 95 98 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 120 125 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) — —
Junior World Championships
2013 Peru Lima, Peru 53 kg 80 83 86 4 100 105 106 4 183 4
2014 Russia Kazan, Russia 58 kg 90 94 97 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 115 119 119 1st place, gold medalist(s) 213 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Youth World Championships
2012 Slovenia Košice, Slovakia 53 kg 73 77 80 1st place, gold medalist(s) 91 97 100 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 177 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ Oliver, Brian (8 December 2022). "Colombians go wild as Álvarez beats two Olympic champions at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ Oliver, Brian (11 December 2021). "Olympic gold, Vogue front cover, and another world title for weightlifter Kuo". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Women's 59 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.