Cristián Escalante

Cristián Escalante (born September 11, 1976 in Santiago)[1] is a Chilean a weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category. Escalante has competed in three Pan American Games starting in 1999. Escalante in 1996 became the first weightlifter to qualify for the Olympics from Chile.[2]

Cristián Escalante
Escalante in 2011 before the Pan American Games
Personal information
NationalityChilean
Born (1976-09-11) 11 September 1976
Santiago, Chile
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+105 kg
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Men's weightlifting
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2007 Rio de Janeiro+105 kg
Silver medal – second place2003 Santo Domingo+105 kg
Silver medal – second place1999 Winnipeg+105 kg

After placing silver at the 1999 and winning the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, Escalante finally won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. In this process he broke the Pan American Games record in the overall competition by lifting a total of 401 kilograms (884 lb).[2]

In September 2011, Escalante was named the flag bearer for the Chilean team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Escalante was scheduled to compete in his fourth Pan American Games,[3] however he did not carry the flag or compete after testing positive for steroids.[4]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Result Rank 1 2 3 Result Rank
Representing  Chile
Olympic Games
1996United States Atlanta, United States99 kg132.5137.5142.5142.523162.5167.5172.5172.522315.022
World Championships
2006Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic+105 kg160167167167141951952022021536916
2002Poland Warsaw, Poland+105 kg155.0160.0165.0165.016180.0180.0—180.020345.017
2001Turkey Antalya, Turkey+105 kg152.5162.5167.5162.512185.0190.0190.0190.011352.512
1999Greece Athens, Greece105 kg160.0165.0165.0160.026190.0——190.030350.026
1997Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand99 kg152.5157.5157.5157.515182.5187.5187.5182.519340.017
Pan American Games
2007Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[5]+105 kg170177180180120721522122114011st place, gold medalist(s)
2003Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[6]+105 kg———167.5————205.0—372.52nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999Canada Winnipeg, Canada[7] *1+105 kg———165.02———205.03370.02nd place, silver medalist(s)

Note:

  • 1 After the competition he was fourth place, but later the originally silver medalist Cuban Modesto Sánchez and bronze medalist Puerto Rican Edries González was disqualified for used banned substances.[8]

References
  1. "Cristián Escalante". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. Cristián Escalante quiere defender el oro en Guadalajara 2011 Archived 2011-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. Cristián Escalante será el abanderado de Chile en los Juegos Panamericanos 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. David Dubbo is the new standard-bearer of Chile in the Pan Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  5. Official Results of the XV Pan American Games (PDF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 2007 Organizing Committee, p. 3,356, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2012, retrieved 9 November 2009.
  6. XIV Pan American Games Results - Day 16, www.cbc.ca, archived from the original on 21 April 2004, retrieved 20 July 2020
  7. 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifting Results, www.qwa.org, archived from the original on 31 March 2002, retrieved 20 July 2020
  8. "Noch mehr Doping bei PanAm Games" (in German). www.spiegel.de. 9 October 1999. Retrieved 20 July 2020.


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