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Arley Méndez

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Arley Méndez
Personal information
Birth nameArley Méndez Perez
Nationality Chile
Born (1993-12-31) December 31, 1993 (age 30)
San Cristóbal, Cuba
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight81.00 kg (179 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Chile
SportWeightlifting
Event–81 kg
Coached byGiorgi Panchev[2]
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Chile
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Anaheim 85 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santo Domingo 85 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City 89 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Caracas 89 kg

Arley Méndez Perez (born 31 December 1993) is a Chilean weightlifter, World Champion and two time Pan American Champion competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[3]

Career

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He competed for Chile at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships winning the gold medal in all three categories in the –85 kg division, ahead of the Olympic champion and heavy favorite Kianoush Rostami.[4][5]

In 2018, he competed in the newly created 89 kg category at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat winning a gold medal in the Snatch portion of the competition.[6]

He represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

In 2024, he won the silver medal in the men's 89 kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 81 kg 160 163 165 8 190 190 190
World Championships
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 85 kg 163 171 175 1st place, gold medalist(s) 203 214 221 1st place, gold medalist(s) 378 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 89 kg 160 168 169 1st place, gold medalist(s) 190 200 210 7 369 5

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting. Men's 81 kg. Group A. Competition Sheet" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 89 kg
  4. ^ "Arley Méndez ganó el "Cóndor de Oro" como mejor deportista de 2017". adnradio.cl. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Chile's Arley Mendez wins gold at World Weightlifting Championship 2017". Santiago Times. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Arley Méndez se coronó campeón mundial en Turkmenistán". adnradio.cl. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. ^ ADN (23 June 2021). "El Team Chile ya suma 52 clasificados a los JJ.OO. de Tokio". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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