David Sánchez López (born 20 July 1994) is a Spanish weightlifter who competes in the 69 kg category. He placed tenth at the 2016 Olympics, and competed at the 2014 and 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.[2][3]
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| Full name | David Sánchez López | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1994 El Ejido, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
| Club | LPV Melilla[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Matias Fernandez[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Taking up the sport as a fifteen-year-old teen, Sánchez was named Male Sportsperson of the Year in 2013.[1]
Major results
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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69 kg | 137 | 142 | - | 170 | 175 | - | 317 | 10 | ||
| 2020 |  Tokyo, Japan
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73 kg | 142 | 146 | - | 177 | - | 323 | 10 | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan |
69 kg | 133 | 137 | 19 | 168 | 171 | 175 | 11 | 312 | 14 | |
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
69 kg | 135 | 140 | 21 | 165 | 170 | 21 | 310 | 18 | ||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States
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69 kg | 140 | 10 | 165 | — | 11 | 305 | 10 | |||
| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
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73 kg | 142 | 146 | 13 | 172 | 177 | 15 | 323 | 14 | ||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand
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73 kg | 140 | 145 | 16 | 175 | 180 | 183 | 8 | 328 | 11 | |
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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73 kg | 145 | 148 | 8 | 184 | 5 | 332 | 5 | |||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Førde, Norway
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69 kg | 138 | 143 | 4 | 170 | 175 | 4 | 318 | 
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| 2017 |  Split, Croatia
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69 kg | 135 | 140 | 6 | 169 | 173 | 4 | 313 | 4 | ||
| 2018 |  Bucharest, Romania
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69 kg | 137 | 139 | 141 |
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168 | 5 | 309 |
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| 2019 |  Batumi, Georgia
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73 kg | 143 | 147 | 7 | 177 | 183 |
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330 | 4 | ||
| 2021 |  Moscow, Russia
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73 kg | 143 | 147 | 149 | 7 | 179 | 183 |
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332 | 5 | |
| 2023 |  Yerevan, Armenia
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73 kg | 145 | 148 | 150 | 6 | 180 | 183 | 185 | 
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335 |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "David Sánchez". nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "David Sánchez". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "2015 Weightlifting World Championships - David Sanchez Lopez". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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External links
edit- David Sanchez Lopez at the International Weightlifting Federation
- David Sanchez Lopez at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- David Sanchez Lopez at Olympics.com
- David Sánchez López (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- David Sánchez at Olympedia (archive)
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