Jonathan Muñoz

Jonathan Antonio Muñoz Martínez (born 10 November 1995) is a Mexican weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.^[2] He is also a five-time medalist, including gold, at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Jonathan Muñoz

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Antonio Muñoz Martínez
Born	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 28) Aguascalientes, Mexico[1]
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2019 Lima 67 kg Pan American Championships 2019 Guatemala City 67 kg 2020 Santo Domingo 67 kg 2017 Miami 69 kg 2018 Santo Domingo 69 kg 2022 Bogotá 73 kg Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla 69 kg CJ 2018 Barranquilla 69 kg S

Career

He finished in 4th place in the men's 69 kg event at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada.^[3] A few months later, he competed in the men's 69 kg event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships held in Houston, United States.^[4] At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he finished in 8th place in the men's 69 kg event.

He won the bronze medal in the men's 69 event at both the 2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Miami, United States and the 2018 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He won two medals in his events at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.^[5][6]

At the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event.^[7][8] In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.^[9]

He also competed in the men's 67 kg event at both the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.^[10][11]

He competed in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[12][13] He finished in 10th place.^[13]

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
2021	Tokyo, Japan	67 kg	135	139	139	—	163	163	170	—	298	10
Pan American Games
2019	Lima, Peru	67 kg	130	135	138	—	163	168	173	—	306

References

1. "Jonathan Muñoz". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
2. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
3. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2015 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
4. "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
5. "Men's 69 kg Snatch" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
6. "Men's 69 kg Clean & Jerk" (PDF). 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
7. Etchells, Daniel (April 24, 2019). "American sensation Cummings shines on day two of Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
8. "2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). panamwf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
9. Oliver, Brian (20 April 2021). "China's Shi and United States' Delacruz shine at continental weightlifting championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
10. "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
11. "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
12. "El 'Hércules mexicano' quiere ser el primer hombre en ganar una medalla en halterofilia para México en JJ.OO". Record (in Spanish). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
13. "Men's 67 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

External links

• Jonathan Muñoz at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Jonathan Muñoz at Olympedia