Leydi Solís
Colombian weightlifter (born 1990)
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| Birth name | Leydi Yesenia Solís Arboleda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Colombian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 34) Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76.85 kg (169 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –81 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bogota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leydi Yesenia Solís Arboleda (born 17 February 1990) is a Colombian weightlifter. She won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony. Solís represented Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, finishing in fourth place in her weight division. She won the – 69 kg gold medal in snatch and clean & jerk during the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.[1][2]
2008 Summer Olympics performance
Solís won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games behind Rusia's Oxana Slivenko.[3] Solís lifted 105 kg and took the silver medal with a total weight of 240 kg.[4]
References
- ^ "Resultados por Prueba – Levantamiento de Pesas – Weightlifting – 69 Kg – Femenil – Arranque" (in Spanish). CONADE. 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Resultados por Prueba – Levantamiento de Pesas – Weightlifting – 69 Kg – Femenil – Envion" (in Spanish). CONADE. 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leydi Solís". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Leidy Solis, medalla de plata en los Olímpicos de Pekín 2008". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). 12 January 2017.
External links
- Leidy Yessenia SOLIS ARBOLEDA at the International Weightlifting Federation (archive)
- Leidy SOLIS at Olympics.com
- Leidy SOLIS at Olympic.org (archived)
- Leidy Solís at Olympedia
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Light Heavyweight
- 1987:
Gao Lijuan (CHN) - 1988: Guo Qiuxiang (CHN)
- 1989: Guo Qiuxiang (CHN)
- 1990: Wang Genying (CHN)
- 1991: Lei Li (CHN)
- 1992: Gao Lijuan (CHN)
- 1993:
Milena Trendafilova (BUL) - 1994: Zhou Meihong (CHN)
- 1995: Tang Weifang (CHN)
- 1996: Tang Weifang (CHN)
- 1997: Xiang Fenglan (CHN)
- 1998: Tang Weifang (CHN)
- 1999: Sun Tianni (CHN)
- 2001:
Valentina Popova (RUS) - 2002:
Pawina Thongsuk (THA) - 2003: Liu Chunhong (CHN)
- 2005: Zarema Kasaeva (RUS)
- 2006: Oxana Slivenko (RUS)
- 2007: Oxana Slivenko (RUS)
- 2009:
Nazik Avdalyan (ARM) - 2010: Svetlana Shimkova (RUS)
- 2011: Oxana Slivenko (RUS)
- 2013: Xiang Yanmei (CHN)
- 2014:
Ryo Un-hui (PRK) - 2015: Xiang Yanmei (CHN)
- 2017:
Leydi Solís (COL) - 2018: Zhang Wangli (CHN)
- 2019:
Katherine Nye (USA) - 2021: Meredith Alwine (USA)
- 2022:
Loredana Toma (ROU) - 2023: Liao Guifang (CHN)
- 67.5 kg (1987–1992)
- 70 kg (1993–1997)
- 69 kg (1998–2017)
- 71 kg (2018–)
World Champions in Weightlifting – Women's First Heavyweight | |
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69 kg (1999–2015) · 76 kg (2019–) | |
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63 kg (1999–2015) · 64 kg (2019–) | |
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