Marco Machado

Marco Túlio Gregório Machado (born 3 November 1991)[1] is a Brazilian weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[2] He is also a three-time silver medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.

For the Brazilian footballer, see Marcos Machado.
Marco Machado
Personal information
Full nameMarco Túlio Gregório Machado
Born (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportWeightlifting
Weight class96 kg
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Miami 94 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bogotá 96 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bariloche 102 kg
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción 96 kg

Career

Machado won the silver medal in the men's 94 kg event at the 2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Miami, United States.[3] He also won the silver medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[1][4]

Machado also represented Brazil at the Pan American Games in 2015 and 2019. He competed in the men's 94 kg event in 2015 and in the men's 96 kg event in 2019.[5][6] He finished in 6th place at the 2015 Pan American Games; this became 5th place after the disqualification of Norik Vardanian of the United States.

He won the bronze medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[2] He competed in the men's 96 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogotá, Colombia.

Machado won the silver medal in the men's 102 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. He also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Pan American Games
2015Canada Toronto, Canada94 kg155160165—182187192—3475
2019Peru Lima, Peru96 kg165165166—192197198—3587
South American Games
2022Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay96 kg157162166—185191191—3513rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References
  1. "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. "Weightlifting Medalists". 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "Burns takes USA's first Pan American weightlifting gold in Miami". InsideTheGames.biz. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. Iveson, Ali (29 July 2022). "Rogers stars for US but Colombia dominate at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. "2015 Pan American Games Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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