Francisco Antonio Mosquera Valencia (born 1 April 1992) is a Colombian weightlifter, former World Champion, three-time Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
Career Injury before Olympics In 2016 he tore the Patellar tendon in his left knee 10 days before the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympics and was unable to compete. His recovery lasted 15 months and he was unable to compete until the 2017 Bolivarian Games, where he competed in the 62 kg division, winning the gold medal.
World Championships Mosquera won the gold medal in the 62kg division at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, this makes him the second Colombian weightlifter to win a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships after Leydi Solís also at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. He also won a silver medal in the 62kg division at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston.
Achievements Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 RankRepresenting World Championships 2013 Wrocław, Poland 62 kg 130 130 135 5 165 170 170 4 295 4 2015 Houston, United States 62 kg 135 140 142 170 175 177 315 2017 Anaheim, United States 62 kg 130 135 136 7 166 170 172 300 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 61 kg 130 135 AM 137 6 167 169 172 304 AM 4 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 61 kg 130 135 135 6 167 172 172 AM 302 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 67 kg 137 141 141 6 175 179 181 316 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 67 kg 140 143 145 4 177 182 182 325 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 67 kg 135 138 138 7 176 181 181 311 4 2025 Førde, Norway 65 kg 130 134 135 11 170 175 179 4 305 4Pan American Games2011 Guadalajara, Mexico 56 kg 113 115 117 145 150 150 26242015 Toronto, Canada 62 kg 130 135 137 170 175 175 305 2019 Lima, Peru 61 kg 128 132 132 165 170 175 302 Pan American Championships 2013 Margarita Island, Venezuela 62 kg 121 126 131 160 167 167 286 2014 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 62 kg 121 124 127 155 160 — 284 2016 Cartagena, Colombia 62 kg 130 135 140 165 165 170 305 2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala 67 kg 120 125 125 9 141 — — 10 261 9 2020 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republicz 61 kg 120 124 — 151 156 — 280 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador 67 kg 135 135 140 175 180 183 320 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 67 kg 133 134 135 170 177 181 312 2025 Cali, Colombia 65 kg 130 135 138 170 178 184 313 2026 Panama City, Panama 65 kg 132 136 139 170 175 181 320 AM Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz, Mexico 62 kg 122 130 132 161 168 171 2018 Barranquilla, Colombia 62 kg 127 132 135 165 170 172 2023 San Salvador, El Salvador 67 kg 133 136 137 170 180 180 South American Games 2014 Santiago, Chile 62 kg 125 128 130 154 154 160 288 2022 Asunción, Paraguay 67 kg 132 137 141 170 176 176 317 2026 Rosario, Argentina 65 kg 130 133 135 165 170 170 298 Bolivarian Games 2013 Trujillo, Peru 62 kg 122 127 132 155 155 157 284 2017 Santa Marta, Colombia 62 kg 126 131 135 160 170 — 301 2022 Valledupar, Colombia 67 kg 132 133 138 170 176 183 Junior World Championships 2011 Penang, Malaysia 56 kg 108 108 108 — — — 2012 Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala 62 kg 122 126 128 154 158 163 291 Youth World Championships 2009 Chiang Mai, Thailand 56 kg 92 92 96 8 120 124 124 9 216 9
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