Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sánchez (born 8 October 1999 in La Guaira, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan weightlifter. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] A few months later, he won the bronze medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3][4]
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| Native name | Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sánchez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Venezuelan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 23) [1] La Guaira, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk in the men's 89 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[5][6] He also won the bronze medal in the Snatch in the men's 89 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[7]
In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's 96 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[8]
He won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[9][10] He won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[11][12]
He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[13][14] He also set new Panamerican records in both the Snatch and the Clean & Jerk which were all improved upon during the competition by Brayan Rodallegas of Colombia.[14]
He won the gold medal in the men's 96 kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[15]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | 96 kg | 172 | 175 | 177 | — | 210 | — | 387 | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | 89 kg | 160 | 165 | 9 | 195 | 201 | 204 | 369 | 6 | |||
| 2019 | 89 kg | 164 | 167 | 169 | 195 | 12 | 364 | 8 | ||||
| 2021 | 96 kg | 172 | 175 | 177 | 210 | 214 | 391 | |||||
| Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | 96 kg | 165 | 169 | — | 200 | 205 | — | 374 | ||||
| Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 85 kg | 150 | 156 | 4 | 189 | 195 | 351 | |||||
| 2018 | 85 kg | 151 | 158 | 162 | 192 | 7 | 354 | 6 | ||||
| 2020 | 96 kg | 170 | 175 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2021 | 96 kg | 164 | 169 | 174 | 205 | 209 | 214 | 388 | ||||
| 2022 | 89 kg | 162 | 167 | 171 | 202 | 206 | 377 | |||||
| South American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | 85 kg | 152 | 160 | 192 | 200 | 360 | ||||||
| 2022 | 96 kg | 168 | 174 | 178 | — | 204 | 216 | — | 394 | |||
| Bolivarian Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | 96 kg | 167 | 201 | 206 | 210 | — | — | |||||
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