Jhonatan Rivas

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Jhonatan Rivas
Personal information
Birth nameJhonatan Rivas Mosquera
Nationality Colombia
Born (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 (age 25)
Weight95.00 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportWeightlifting
Event102 kg
Coached byJaiber Manjarres[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 180 kg 2019
  • Clean & Jerk: 213 kg 2020
  • Total: 393 kg 2020
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's weightlifting
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 96 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 102 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City 96 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Santo Domingo 96 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tashkent 94 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima 85 kg

Jhonatan Rivas Mosquera (born 11 July 1998) is a Colombian weightlifter, Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the –94 kg category until 2018 and 96 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Career[edit]

He won the silver medal at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in the 94 kg division,[3] and most recently competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships[4] in the 96 kg division.

He competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 96 kg category,[5] winning gold medals in every lift,[6] outlifting the silver medalist by 19 kg.

He won the gold medal in the men's 102 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[7]

Major results[edit]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Colombia
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 96 kg 171 176 180 4 201 201 201 14 377 10
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 96 kg 175 179 182 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 206 212 212 5 391 4
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 102 kg 165 175 175 8 200 207 207 16 382 10
IWF World Cup
2024 Thailand Phuket, Thailand 102 kg 175 180 180 11 208 214 214
Pan American Games
2019 Peru Lima, Peru 96 kg 170 175 177 205 210 385 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Chile Santiago, Chile 102 kg 172 176 202 206 382 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2019 Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala 96 kg 172 180 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 206 211 1st place, gold medalist(s) 391 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 96 kg 175 180 182 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 205 208 213 1st place, gold medalist(s) 393 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela 102 kg 175

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 96 kg
  3. ^ "Qatari ELBAKH proved to be the best". IWF.net. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Jhonatan Rivas disputará el Mundial de pesas con la ilusión de su primer título orbital en mayores". Noticias Caracol. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 Pan American Championships Start List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  6. ^ "Vallecaucano Jonathan Rivas, figura en el cierre del Panamericano de pesas". El Pais. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Men's 102 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.