David Sánchez
Personal information
Full nameDavid Sánchez López
Born (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994
El Ejido, Spain
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Spain
SportWeightlifting
ClubLPV Melilla[1]
Coached byMatias Fernandez[1]
Medal record
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Førde–69 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Bucharest–69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Yerevan –73 kg

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]

Taking up the sport as a fifteen-year-old teen, Sánchez was named Male Sportsperson of the Year in 2013.[1]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 69 kg 137 142 145 - 170 175 177 - 317 10
2020Japan Tokyo, Japan 73 kg 142 146 150 - 177 177 180 - 323 10
World Championships
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan69 kg133137140191681711751131214
2015United States Houston, United States69 kg135140140211651701742131018
2017United States Anaheim, United States 69 kg 140 144 144 10 165 170 11 305 10
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 73 kg 142 142 146 13 172 177 180 15 323 14
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 73 kg 140 145 145 16 175 180 183 8 328 11
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 73 kg 145 145 148 8 184 188 188 5 332 5
European Championships
2016Norway Førde, Norway 69 kg 138 143 143 4 170 175 178 4 318 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017Croatia Split, Croatia 69 kg 135 140 143 6 169 173 173 4 313 4
2018Romania Bucharest, Romania 69 kg 137 139 141 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 168 168 172 5 309 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 73 kg 143 147 147 7 177 183 183 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 330 4
2021Russia Moscow, Russia 73 kg 143 147 149 7 179 179 183 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 332 5
2023Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 73 kg 145 148 150 6 180 183 185 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 335 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NBC Olympics Profile: David Sánchez". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. "David Sánchez". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. "2015 Weightlifting World Championships - David Sanchez Lopez". iwf.net. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2016.


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