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Diego Salazar

1980 - Today

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Diego Fernando Salazar Quintero (born 3 October 1980) is a Colombian weightlifter, Olympic medalist and two times gold medal winner at the Pan American Games. He was born in Barranquilla. Salazar participated in the men's -62 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Qiu Le and Oscar Figueroa. He snatched 131 kg and clean and jerked an additional 164 kg for a total of 295 kg, 13 kg behind winner Qiu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Diego Salazar is the 4,500th most popular athlete (up from 5,227th in 2024), the 289th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 329th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Colombian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Diego Salazar ranks 4,500 out of 6,025. Before him are Julius Yego, Rodica Mateescu, Giuseppe Gibilisco, Natallia Mikhnevich, Kirsten Klose, and Jeff Hartwig. After him are Lee Sun-hee, Max Brown, Ahmad Abughaush, Wu Yu, Jarosław Rodzewicz, and Semen Novikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Diego Salazar ranks 981. Before him are José Carlos Garcia Leal, Carlos Prieto, Buiu, Morgan Spector, Slava, and Ahmed Al-Bahri. After him are Sue Bird, David Lowery, Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa, Jurga Šeduikytė, Monika Michalik, and Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Diego Salazar ranks 289 out of 356. Before him are José Santa (1970), Luis Antonio Moreno (1970), Carlos Betancur (1989), Mariana Duque Mariño (1989), Alfredo Morelos (1996), and Paula Garcés (1974). After him are Daniel Elahi Galán (1996), Fredy Montero (1987), Dorlan Pabón (1988), Edwin Cardona (1992), Mariana Pajón (1991), and Mabel Mosquera (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Colombia

Among athletes born in Colombia, Diego Salazar ranks 7. Before him are Ximena Restrepo (1969), Óscar Figueroa (1983), María Isabel Urrutia (1965), Henrik Christiansen (null), Caterine Ibargüen (1984), and Orlando Duque (1974). After him are Mabel Mosquera (1969), Yuri Alvear (1986), Luis Fernando López (1979), Sandra Arenas (1993), Anthony Zambrano (1998), and Norma González (1982).

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