Ecuadorian weightlifter (born 1997)
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Salazar and the second or maternal family name is
Arce.
Tamara Salazar
![]() Tamara Salazar at the Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California in 2017 |
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Born | (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 26) Pusir Grande, Carchi Province, Ecuador[1] |
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Weight | 85.15 kg (188 lb) |
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Country | Ecuador |
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Sport | Weightlifting |
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Event | –87 kg |
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Club | Federacion Deportiva del Carchi |
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Tamara Yajaira Salazar Arce (born 9 August 1997) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter.[2] She won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo 87 kg Olympic competition, and both silver and bronze medals at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.[3]
Career
In the Weightlifting World Championship in 2018, Ecuadorian Tamara Salazar won silver and bronze. Salazar, raised 137 kilos (302.03 pounds) in the Clean & Jerk and won the silver medal. The Belarusian Darya Naumava raised the same, but took the gold for having less body weight. The bronze went to Lidia Valentín of Spain with 136 kg. In the total, Salazar completed 242 kg and took bronze. Valentín (249 kg) and Naumava (245 kg) took gold and silver respectively.[4]
Salazar won the silver medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]
Salazar won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[7][8] She also won medals in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events in this competition.[8]
She won the bronze medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.
Major results
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