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 .
2-408: 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. He ranked sixth in the 62 kg category at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships , lifting
4-473: A total of 293 kg. At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships he won the silver medal in the 62 kg category, lifting 302 kg in total. Salazar won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics behind China's Zhan Xiangxiang. Salazar lifted 167 kg and took the silver medal with a total weight of 305 kg. This biographical article relating to weightlifting in Colombia
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