Brayan Rodallegas

Brayan Santiago Rodallegas Carvajal (born 15 November 1997) is a Colombian weightlifter, Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 77 kg and 85 kg categories until 2018 and 89 kg and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[3]

Brayan Rodallegas

Personal information
Birth name	Brayan Santiago Rodallegas Carvajal
Nationality	Colombian
Born	(1997-11-15) November 15, 1997 (age 26) Villavicencio, Colombia
Weight	80.80 kg (178 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–89 kg
Club	Bogota
Coached by	Oswaldo Pinilla[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 172 kg (2022) Clean & Jerk: 211 kg (2022) Total: 382 kg (2022)
Medal record Representing  Colombia Men's weightlifting World Championships 2022 Bogotá 89 kg 2019 Pattaya 81 kg Pan American Games 2019 Lima 81 kg Pan American Championships 2019 Guatemala City 81 kg 2020 Santo Domingo 81 kg 2021 Guayaquil 81 kg 2022 Bogotá 89 kg 2018 Santo Domingo 85 kg 2017 Miami 77 kg South American Games 2018 Cochabamba 94 kg 2022 Asunción 96 kg Bolivarian Games 2017 Santa Marta 77 kg S 2022 Valledupar 89 kg S 2022 Valledupar 89 kg CJ 2017 Santa Marta 77 kg CJ 2017 Santa Marta 77 kg Junior World Championships 2016 Tbilisi 77 kg

Career

In 2019, he competed at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category. He swept gold medals in all lifts, setting Pan American Records in each.^[4][5] Later in 2019 he competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in the 81 kg category, winning a gold medal and setting two Pan American Records in the snatch, with successful lifts of 163 kg and 167 kg.^[6][7]

In 2021, he competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 81 kg.^[8]

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[9][10] He also set new Panamerican records in the Snatch, the Clean & Jerk and Total results.^[10]

He won the silver medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[11] He won the silver medal in the men's 89 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[12]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Representing  Colombia
Olympic Games
2020	Tokyo, Japan	81 kg	163	168	168	5	195	196	200	5	359	5
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	77 kg	150	155	156	9	182	187	193	10	337	10
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	89 kg	160	160	167	5	193	196	203	4	370	4
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	81 kg	159	165	167	4	196	202	203	6	363
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	81 kg	158	158	162	5	191	195	200	6	357	5
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	89 kg	170	170	174		205	211	216		381
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	89 kg	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pan American Games
2019	Lima, Peru	81 kg	157	163	167	1	191	196	207	2	363
Pan American Championships
2017	Miami, United States	77 kg	146	150	152		179	186	187	5	331
2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	85 kg	155	161	166		193	198	201		367
2019	Guatemala City, Guatemala	81 kg	161	161	168		190	196	202		363
2020	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	81 kg	158	163	168 AM		195	200	200		363
2021	Guayaquil, Ecuador	81 kg	153	160	--		187	187	--		347
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	89 kg	168	172 AM	178		203	207	210 AM		382 AM
South American Games
2018	Cochabamba, Bolivia	94 kg	159	164	170	—	192	198	202	—	362
2022	Asunción, Paraguay	96 kg	165	165	175	—	195	215	—	—	360
Bolivarian Games
2017	Santa Marta, Colombia	77 kg	150	153	155		185	191	—		340
2022	Valledupar, Colombia	89 kg	155	155	170		190	205	—		—	—

References

1. "Weightlifting. Men's 81 kg. Group A. Protocol" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
2. "Athlete Bio". IWF.net. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
3. PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 89 kg
4. "2019 Pan American Championships ResultsBook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
5. "Colombia: 15 oros, 11 platas y 11 bronces en Panamericano de Pesas". El Tiempo. 25 April 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
6. "81 kg results from 2019 Pan American Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
7. "Rodallegas, tercer oro de las pesas para Colombia en los Panamericanos". El Tiempo. 28 July 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
8. "Weightlifting RODALLEGAS CARVAJAL Brayan Santiago". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
9. Iveson, Ali (27 July 2022). "Records for Rodallegas as Colombia lead medals table at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
10. "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
11. "Men's 96 kg" (PDF). 2022 South American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
12. Oliver, Brian (11 December 2022). "Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

External links

• Brayan Rodallegas at the International Weightlifting Federation