Luis Javier Mosquera

Luis Javier Mosquera
Personal information
Full nameLuis Javier Mosquera Lozano
NationalityColombian
Born (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 29)
Yumbo, Colombia
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 155 kg (2024)
  • Clean & jerk: 185 kg (2024)
  • Total: 340 kg (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's weightlifting
Big (Total)
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
Junior World Championships 2 1 0
Youth World Championships 1 0 1
Pan American Games 1 2 0
Pan American Championships 3 2 0
South American Games 0 1 0
Total 7 7 2
Big and small medals
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 0 0 1
Junior World Championships 6 3 0
Youth World Championships 3 1 2
Pan American Games 1 2 0
Pan American Championships 10 5 1
South American Games 0 1 0
Bolivarian Games 0 2 0
Total 20 15 5
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 69 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 73 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Miami 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Santo Domingo 67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Caracas 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Guatemala City 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Guayaquil 67 kg
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santiago 62 kg
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 73 kg S
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar 73 kg CJ
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kazan 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wrocław 69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lima 62 kg
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Košice 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Lima 56 kg

Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano (born 27 March 1995)[1] is a Colombian Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country in the Men's 69 kg Weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 9, 2016, winning the bronze medal.[2] He initially finished fourth behind Izzat Artykov, who was later disqualified for failing a performance-enhancing drugs test.[3] He received his bronze medal on March 28, 2019.[4]

In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ Bluradio (19 August 2016). "Organización de JJ. OO. confirma medalla de bronce de Luis Javier Mosquera". bluradio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  3. ^ "Kyrgyzstan weightlifter Izzat Artykov loses bronze medal over doping offence". The Guardian. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Luis Javier Mosquera recibió el bronce que ganó en Río 2016". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  5. ^ Oliver, Brian (25 July 2021). "China denies Colombia in sensational weightlifting session - and Italy claims bronze". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Men's 67 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.