Diego Salazar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salazar and the second or maternal family name is Quintero.
Diego Salazar
Personal information
Born (1980-10-03) 3 October 1980 (age 44)
Barranquilla, Colombia
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing – 62 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Santo Domingo – 62 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo – 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro – 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara – 62 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Callao – 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guatemala City – 62 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena – 62 kg

Diego Fernando Salazar Quintero (born 3 October 1980) is a Colombian weightlifter, Olympic medalist and two times gold medal winner at the Pan American Games. He was born in Barranquilla.[1]

Salazar participated in the men's -62 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Qiu Le and Oscar Figueroa. He snatched 131 kg and clean and jerked an additional 164 kg for a total of 295 kg, 13 kg behind winner Qiu.[2]

He ranked sixth in the 62 kg category at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting a total of 293 kg.[3]

At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships he won the silver medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 302 kg in total.[4]

  1. ^ "DIEGO FERNANDO SALAZAR QUINTERO" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Colombiano.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ 75th MEN'S and 18th WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -62 KG MEN Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net
  3. ^ "SALAZAR Diego". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  4. ^ "SALAZAR Diego". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.