Jhonatan Rivas

Jhonatan Rivas Mosquera (born 11 July 1998) is a Colombian weightlifter, Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the –94 kg category until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Jhonatan Rivas
Personal information
Birth nameJhonatan Rivas Mosquera
Nationality Colombia
Born (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998
Weight95.00 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–96 kg
Coached byJaiber Manjarres[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 180 kg 2019
  • Clean & Jerk: 213 kg 2020
  • Total: 393 kg 2020
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima–96 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Guatemala City–96 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Dominican Republic–96 kg

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in the 94 kg division,[3] and most recently competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships[4] in the 96 kg division.

He competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 96 kg category,[5] winning gold medals in every lift,[6] outlifting the silver medalist by 19 kg.

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan96 kg17117618042012012011437710
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand96 kg1751791823rd place, bronze medalist(s)20621221253914
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2019Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala96 kg1721801801st place, gold medalist(s)2002062111st place, gold medalist(s)3911st place, gold medalist(s)
2020Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic96 kg1751801822nd place, silver medalist(s)2052082131st place, gold medalist(s)3931st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Games
2019Peru Lima, Peru96 kg1701751772205210—13851st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg
  3. "Qatari ELBAKH proved to be the best". IWF.net. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. "Jhonatan Rivas disputará el Mundial de pesas con la ilusión de su primer título orbital en mayores". Noticias Caracol. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. "2019 Pan American Championships Start List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  6. "Vallecaucano Jonathan Rivas, figura en el cierre del Panamericano de pesas". El Pais. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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