Yenny Álvarez Caicedo (born 24 May 1995) is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Career
Álvarez won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.
Álvarez won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
In August 2024, Álvarez competed in the women's 59kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She lifted 105 kg in the Snatch sharing third provisional place but then failed three attempts in the Clean & Jerk.
Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankRepresenting Olympic Games 2024 Paris, France 59 kg 101 103 105 3 130 132 132 World Championships 2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 58 kg 95 100 103 118 122 125 225 4 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 59 kg 95 99 101 4 123 123 127 226 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 98 98 101 6 128 131 133 AM 234 AM 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 100 103 103 6 129 132 132 5 229 5 2024 Manama, Bahrain 59 kg 98 100 100 4 123 126 — 224 IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 59 kg 98 98 100 12 125 130 130 9 225 9Pan American Games2023 Santiago, Chile 59 kg 97 100 102 126 126 134 228 Pan American Championships 2016 Cartagena, Colombia 58 kg 95 98 100 118 120 124 224 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador 59 kg 95 98 100 122 126 130 230 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 97 100 102 AM 124 124 128 226 2024 Caracas, Venezuela 59 kg 96 100 — 5 — — — Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz, Mexico 58 kg 95 97 99 117 121 123 2023 San Salvador, El Salvador 59 kg 96 99 103 125 130 131 South American Games 2014 Santiago, Chile 58 kg 87 90 90 110 113 116 200 2022 Asunción, Paraguay 59 kg 90 94 96 120 124 — 220 Bolivarian Games 2022 Valledupar, Colombia 59 kg 95 98 — 120 125 — Junior World Championships 2013 Lima, Peru 53 kg 80 83 86 4 100 105 106 4 183 4 2014 Kazan, Russia 58 kg 90 94 97 115 119 119 213 Youth World Championships 2012 Košice, Slovakia 53 kg 73 77 80 91 97 100 177
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