Lidia Valentín

Lidia Valentín Pérez (born 10 February 1985) is a Spanish weightlifter, Olympic Champion, 2 time World Champion and 4 time European Champion competing in the 75 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[1] Lidia has won three Olympic Medals (Silver in 2008, Gold in 2012 and Bronze in 2016), two World Weightlifting Championships (2017 and 2018), as well as four European Weightlifting Championships.[2][3][4]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Valentín and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Lidia Valentín
Lidia Valentín in 2008
Personal information
Birth nameLidia Valentin Perez
NationalitySpanish
Born (1985-02-10) 10 February 1985
Ponferrada, Spain
Years active2002–
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight78.80 kg (174 lb)
Websitelydiavalentin.com
Sport
CountrySpain
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–81 kg
ClubCas-Leonesa, CLE
Coached byMatías Fernández
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 124 kg (2014, Almaty)
  • Clean & Jerk: 147 kg (2014, Tel Aviv)
  • Total: 268 kg (2014, Tel Aviv)

Career

At the 2007 World Championships, she ranked sixth in the 75 kg category with a total of 240 kg.[5]

At the 2013 World Championships, she won bronze in the snatch and placed fourth in the total, being promoted to silver and bronze respectively when Olga Zubova was disqualified for failing a doping test.[6][7] In 2017, Lidia won the World Weightlifting Championship held in Anaheim, United States.[2]

At the European Championships, she won four gold medals for the total in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018 three silver medals (in 2008, 2012 and 2013) and three bronze medals (in 2007, 2009 and 2011), with three gold and four silver medals in the snatch, and two gold, one silver and five bronze medals in the clean and jerk.[5]

Olympics

In 2008, Valentín competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg category finishing in fifth place at the time of competition with a 250 kg total.[8][9] In 2016 retest of samples from the 75 kg category at the 2008 Olympics returned positive results for the original gold medalist Cao Lei[10] and bronze medalist Nadezhda Evstyukhina,[11] their results were disqualified and Valentín was awarded the silver medal.[12][13]

In 2012, Valentín competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 75 kg category again. This time she finished in fourth place with a 265 kg total, behind the 8 new Olympic Records set by Svetlana Podobedova and Natalia Zabolotnaya. In 2016 during retests, all three original medalists had returned positive results thus disqualifying their medals and Olympic Records.[14][15][16] This made Valentín the Olympic Champion by default and in March 2019 she was awarded her gold medal.[17]

In 2016, while waiting for confirmation of these medals, Valentín competed in the 2016 Olympics, where she lifted a total of 257 kg and won the bronze medal. It was, at the time, Spain's first medal ever in weightlifting (retrospectively third).[18][19]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing, China75 kg11011011521301371383250
2012 London, England75 kg11511512011401451481265
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil75 kg11211611621351381413257
World Championships
2002 Warsaw, Poland63 kg808080–92.592.512013––
2005 Doha, Qatar75 kg10010510771151151201322011
2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic75 kg10010010013120120120–––
2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand75 kg105110115512513013552406
2009 Goyang, South Korea75 kg112118119413013613692426
2010 Antalya, Turkey75 kg1121121176135135135–––
2011 Paris, France75 kg112117120413313814272585
2013 Wrocław, Poland75 kg117122122138146146260
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan75 kg12012012414014714842644
2015 Houston, United States75 kg––––––––––
2017 Anaheim, United States75 kg110115118130135140258
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg108110113130136136249
2019 Pattaya, Thailand81 kg1051081125130134138246
European Championships
2005 Sofia, Bulgaria75 kg100100105611011512072156
2006 Władysławowo, Poland75 kg103103108511812212572257
2007 Strasbourg, France75 kg1051101151251301324247
2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy75 kg110115118130135135245
2009 Bucharest, Romania75 kg112117120132132132252
2010 Minsk, Belarus75 kg110115115132137140255
2011 Kazan, Russia75 kg112117122132142146264
2012 Antalya, Turkey75 kg112117123135143146260
2013 Tirana, Albania75 kg115120124135140142260
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel75 kg115120121137144147268
2015 Tbilisi, Georgia75 kg112116118135141145263
2017 Split, Croatia75 kg112115118132137–252
2018 Bucharest, Romania75 kg107112115130135140250
2019 Batumi, Georgia76 kg105108110130133136241
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin, Turkey75 kg112115120135140145265–
2018 Tarragona, Spain75 kg105110112130137--249–

See also

References
  1. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 81 kg
  2. Retrieved 2017.11.04. INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION. "VALENTIN PEREZ Lydia (ESP) crowned World Champion"
  3. "Lidia, I de España y III de Europa" (in Spanish). Diario de León. 12 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  4. "Lidia Valentín logra el bronce en el Europeo de 75 kilos" (in Spanish). Marca. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  5. "Valentin Lidia (ESP)". IAT Weightlifting Database.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. 2013 IWF World Championships
  8. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lidia Valentín". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  9. "Diploma olímpico para la haltera Lidia Valentín" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 15 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  10. "IWF Public Disclosure". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  11. "2 Russian Olympic weightlifting medalists fail doping tests". Dailyherald. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  12. "Valentin awarded Beijing 2008 silver medal after new doping case". Marca. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  13. "Lydia Valentín Finally Receives Her Olympic Silver Medal". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  14. "2017 Lifter of the Year Lydia Valentin". IWF. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  15. "Weightlifting: Valentin eyes London gold after rivals fail retests". Reuters. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  16. "3 weightlifters stripped of Olympic golds in doping cases". Associated Press. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  17. "Lidia Valentin recieved [sic] her Olympic gold medal". IWF.net. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  18. Lydia Valentín se lleva la medalla de bronce en halterofilia
  19. "Gold at last for North Korea, Rim cheers her 'beloved Leader'". Reuters. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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