Continental · May 2026

2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

The 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships began on 5 May 2026, with 165 lifters in 16 classes. Gold went to Gabriel John Chhum (60 kg, 281 kg), Francisco Mosquera (65 kg, 320 kg), Luis Javier Mosquera (71 kg, 315 kg), Caden Cahoy (79 kg, 354 kg), Yeison López (88 kg, 397 kg), Keydomar Vallenilla (94 kg, 389 kg), Matheus De Souza Pessanha (110 kg, 408 kg) and Rafael Cerro (+110 kg, 419 kg) for the men, and Patricia Valentina Mercado Mendoza (48 kg, 181 kg), Miranda Ulrey (53 kg, 216 kg), María Casadevall (58 kg, 214 kg), Sophia Plum Shaft (63 kg, 237 kg), Olivia Reeves (69 kg, 262 kg), Mattie Rogers (77 kg, 249 kg), Kelin Jiménez (86 kg, 246 kg) and Lisseth Ayoví (+86 kg, 281 kg) for the women.

Lifters
165
Classes
16
Start date
5 May 2026
Numbers

The 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in numbers

How close each class finished and how often the lifters made their attempts.

Attempts made
62%
611 good lifts from the 981 attempts taken. For comparison, lifters at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998 make 57%.
Lifters without a total
9 of 165
Each had no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.

Winning margin in each class

The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest finals: Women's 48 kg, Women's 58 kg, Women's 77 kg and Women's +86 kg each came down to 1 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Men's 88 kg by 48 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.

Men's 60 kg

4 kg

Men's 65 kg

5 kg

Men's 71 kg

22 kg

Men's 79 kg

9 kg

Men's 88 kg

48 kg

Men's 94 kg

24 kg

Men's 110 kg

11 kg

Men's +110 kg

9 kg

Women's 48 kg

1 kg

Women's 53 kg

21 kg

Women's 58 kg

1 kg

Women's 63 kg

3 kg

Women's 69 kg

15 kg

Women's 77 kg

1 kg

Women's 86 kg

6 kg

Women's +86 kg

1 kg
Results

Results by class

All competitions

Each class lists the place, the total and all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash in the place column means no total was recorded, most often after three misses in the snatch or in the clean and jerk. Where two lifters tie and the results cannot separate them, both are shown without a place.

Men's 60 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Gabriel John Chhum 281 59.96 121126130 kg missed150155not taken
2 Otto Felix Onate Araujo 277 59.74 114118122144150155
3 Colombia Jhon Serna Colombia 269 Colombia 59.65 115118121 kg missed145151156 kg missed
4 Jefferson Withman Gomez Lopez 263 59.9 113116119140144146 kg missed
5 Angello Rafael Solorzano Carmona 251 59.59 110114 kg missed117 kg missed135141145 kg missed
6 Vasquez Benjamin Aquiles J Torres 247 59.72 107 kg missed107112135140 kg missed140 kg missed
7 Juan Miguel Martinez Gonzalez 232 59.92 100105109 kg missed120127 kg missed127
8 Esteban Ignacio Cardenas Ramirez 225 59.82 9397100 kg missed125128130 kg missed
- Howard Roche Cintron - 58.89 105 kg missed105 kg missed112 kg missed130135140

Men's 65 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Colombia Francisco Mosquera Colombia 320 Colombia 64.77 132136 kg missed139170175181
2 United States Hampton Morris United States 315 United States 64.88 130134138177183 kg missed183 kg missed
3 Brazil Thiago Silva Brazil 302 Brazil 63.09 125128132165170175 kg missed
4 Peru Luis Bardalez Peru 296 Peru 64.88 130133135 kg missed162 kg missed163167 kg missed
5 Venezuela Wilkeinner Lugo Venezuela 295 Venezuela 64.81 128131134 kg missed157 kg missed157164
6 Luis Jaime Gonzalez Rodriguez 278 64.69 115120 kg missed123145152 kg missed155
7 Orlando Antonio Vasquez Morales 270 64.77 121125not taken145 kg missed145not taken
8 Ecuador Victor Garrido Ecuador 267 Ecuador 64.85 121126 kg missed126 kg missed141146150 kg missed
9 Herseleid Antonio Carrazco Cetz 266 64.29 115120 kg missed120 kg missed151157 kg missed158 kg missed
10 Dominican Republic Luis García Dominican Republic 265 Dominican Republic 63.48 115 kg missed115 kg missed115145150153 kg missed
- Henry Eduardo Esquivel Morales - 64.87 110 kg missed110 kg missed110 kg missed140148153 kg missed

Men's 71 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Colombia Luis Javier Mosquera Colombia 315 Colombia 70.68 135 kg missed135145170 kg missed170180 kg missed
2 Chile Sergio Cares Chile 293 Chile 70.61 125130 kg missed130154159163
3 Erick Wellington Estupinan Vacacela 291 70.49 121126129155159162
4 Wilfredo Camey Rodriguez 282 70.37 118124 kg missed124 kg missed160164168 kg missed
5 Vicente Uriel Montoya Alvarado 278 70.72 125129 kg missed130 kg missed153158 kg missednot taken
6 Armando Justiniano Britton Romero 275 70.76 120124127 kg missed145151 kg missed151
7 Jose Alexander Mendez Diaz 272 70.66 115119125 kg missed153 kg missed153160 kg missed
8 Ronnier Zaed Martinez Castillo 270 70.99 115120124 kg missed140150156 kg missed
9 Henry Geovany Mendez Ye 269 70.64 115119 kg missed123 kg missed150154 kg missed154
- Louis Durocher - 70.86 116120 kg missed120155 kg missed155 kg missed156 kg missed

Men's 79 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 United States Caden Cahoy United States 354 United States 78.83 150 kg missed150154 kg missed196204206 kg missed
2 Hugo Fernando Montes Hurtado 345 76.25 150155160 kg missed185190193 kg missed
3 Venezuela Julio Mayora Venezuela 336 Venezuela 78.58 145150 kg missed151 kg missed186191197 kg missed
4 Juan Camilo Martinez Lopez 335 77.33 143147150 kg missed188192 kg missed193 kg missed
5 Edward James Ginnan 335 78.65 146150 kg missed150 kg missed184189193 kg missed
6 Reinner Josue Arango Mendez 315 73.62 130135140160 kg missed160175
7 Canada Samuel Guertin Canada 309 Canada 78.29 135 kg missed135 kg missed135167174178 kg missed
8 Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar 276 78.58 117121 kg missed121150155 kg missed155
9 Axel Osiris Jovel Salinas 258 77.07 110115118133137140

Men's 88 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Colombia Yeison López Colombia 397 Colombia 87.64 170178181200216not taken
2 Hutton Thomas Boles 349 87.71 154 kg missed154159185190195 kg missed
3 Brandon Joseph Victorian 349 87.76 153 kg missed154158 kg missed188195 kg missed195
4 Neiser Javier Grefa Vargas 345 87.18 140146150186191195
5 Norwin Washington 338 87.73 153157160178186 kg missed186 kg missed
6 Jaime Joel Leon De Paz 313 87.13 138 kg missed139142 kg missed170 kg missed174 kg missed174
7 Jorge Luis Medina Pinzon 300 87.1 135140143 kg missed155160165 kg missed
8 Angel Fraticelli Martinez 295 86.92 125130 kg missed135 kg missed170177 kg missed180 kg missed
9 Ignacio Maroto Morales 232 80.02 122 kg missed122125 kg missed110not takennot taken
- Khalil Martell Zion Roberts - 85.23 115120127 kg missed145 kg missed145 kg missed145 kg missed

Men's 94 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Venezuela Keydomar Vallenilla Venezuela 389 Venezuela 91.49 167172177206212217 kg missed
2 Juan David Guadamud Pico 365 93.83 160165 kg missed165200207 kg missed211 kg missed
3 Oscar Andres Garces Franco 360 93.94 160165 kg missed166 kg missed200206 kg missed211 kg missed
4 Canada Alex Bellemarre Canada 355 Canada 93.16 155160165 kg missed190195200 kg missed
5 Ihann Enrique Barreras Carmona 352 93.24 147 kg missed148152185193200
6 Noah Dalas Santavy 325 93.49 140145150 kg missed170175180
7 Yomar Andres Lopez Cameron 319 91.7 143148 kg missed150 kg missed170176182 kg missed
8 Francisco Rene Malespin Ortiz 304 93.31 125131134160170175 kg missed
9 Joshua Alarcon Monge 288 90.9 125130133150155158 kg missed
10 Adam Gordon 280 93.46 121125130 kg missed150 kg missed150155

Men's 110 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Matheus De Souza Pessanha 408 104.81 170175180216225 kg missed228
2 Kolbi Malik Kwame Ferguson 397 109.96 173 kg missed173 kg missed173215224233 kg missed
3 Xavier Martin Alexandre Lusignan 368 106.06 160165169 kg missed196203207 kg missed
4 Jeyson Alonso Arias Mosquera 361 102.16 150 kg missed150155190202206
5 Alejandro Jose Medina 360 109.77 160165170190200 kg missed200 kg missed
6 Peru Hernán Viera Peru 357 Peru 109.85 145150155 kg missed201205207
7 Nicolas Rodrigo Cuevas Iborra 335 106.75 142149155 kg missed180186 kg missed186
8 Hans Nikolay Alomia Ferrin 331 108.31 140147151175180186 kg missed
9 Enrrique Jose Sandoval Najera 285 108.52 120125130145150155
10 James Francis Daley 275 108.7 118122125145 kg missed145150

Men's +110 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Colombia Rafael Cerro Colombia 419 Colombia 142.88 180186193220226235 kg missed
2 Aaron Andrew Williams 410 171.63 180185 kg missed185215225235 kg missed
3 Chile Alonso Bizama Chile 376 Chile 157.66 153161166193200210
4 Ecuador Dixon Arroyo Ecuador 362 Ecuador 135.11 165167172185190 kg missed190
5 Guatemala Gilberto Lemus Guatemala 356 Guatemala 126.97 160 kg missed162166190 kg missed190197 kg missed
6 David Jorge Vance 326 123.35 145 kg missed145151 kg missed175181185 kg missed
7 Chad Wright 313 141.44 141146 kg missed150 kg missed161167172

Women's 48 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Patricia Valentina Mercado Mendoza 181 47.41 78818398100 kg missed101 kg missed
2 Dominican Republic Dahiana Ortiz Dominican Republic 180 Dominican Republic 47.97 8082 kg missed84 kg missed100105 kg missed105 kg missed
3 Mariangeli Irene Martinez Rosales 176 47.93 7073759397101
4 Macarena Del Pilar Garcia Suarez 165 47.55 687174 kg missed889194
5 July Alexandra Mendoza Alcantara 155 47.83 6568708588 kg missed88 kg missed
6 Favianna Eyelen Gavidia Diaz 151 47.17 606366818587 kg missed
7 Victoria Sanabria Rivera 129 46.96 53 kg missed5356697377 kg missed
8 Karin Ivana Singh 113 46.81 4750 kg missed5062 kg missed6365 kg missed
- Jessica Massiel Gonzalez Mairena - 47.34 6669 kg missed69 kg missed87 kg missed87 kg missed87 kg missed

Women's 53 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 United States Miranda Ulrey United States 216 United States 52.85 96 kg missed96 kg missed96113116120
2 Brazil Natasha Rosa Figueiredo Brazil 195 Brazil 52.64 858789 kg missed105108110 kg missed
3 Venezuela Katherin Echandia Venezuela 192 Venezuela 52.86 8386 kg missed86 kg missed105109113 kg missed
4 Colombia Rohelys Galvis Colombia 191 Colombia 52.87 848789 kg missed104107 kg missed108 kg missed
5 Keily Michelle Yat Gonzalez 181 52.01 757880 kg missed100103 kg missed103
6 Asia Chanel Gonzalez 180 52.6 78 kg missed7880100104 kg missed105 kg missed
7 Jeannis Andrea Ramirez Rangel 178 52.17 778082 kg missed92 kg missed98102 kg missed
8 Peru Shoely Mego Peru 178 Peru 52.83 7881 kg missed81 kg missed100105 kg missed105 kg missed
9 Brazil Emily Rosa Brazil 174 Brazil 52.54 7880 kg missed81 kg missed96101 kg missed102 kg missed
10 Thaily Sadek Alvarez Grefa 173 52.14 737680 kg missed9397100 kg missed
11 Joo Hu Lee Jun 164 51.73 717476 kg missed9095 kg missed95 kg missed
12 Gabriela Ruiz Lopez 155 51.88 66 kg missed667080 kg missed8085
13 Massiel Fernandez 153 51.57 626670 kg missed838790 kg missed
14 Chelsea Tiffany Chantal Goodridge 105 52.78 4550 kg missed50 kg missed6065 kg missed65 kg missed

Women's 58 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Argentina María Casadevall Argentina 214 Argentina 56.93 93 kg missed9397 kg missed115117121
2 Canada Ann-Sophie Taschereau Canada 213 Canada 57.9 9497 kg missed97 kg missed115119121 kg missed
3 Sohaila Cortez Gonzalez 204 57.9 8589 kg missed91113117 kg missed118 kg missed
4 Colombia Antonina Moya Colombia 204 Colombia 57.59 9092 kg missed92 kg missed110114117 kg missed
5 Yasmin Juliannis Quintero Valera 200 57.49 858891 kg missed108112 kg missed112
6 Julia Viera Rodrigues 194 57.54 838688 kg missed105108110 kg missed
7 Canada Rose Harvey Canada 194 Canada 57.91 8284 kg missed84107110 kg missed110
8 Issi Agrait 188 57.86 8387 kg missed88 kg missed105110 kg missed112 kg missed
9 Victoria Maria Grenni Alvarado 179 57.39 7477809599102 kg missed
- Allison Elieth Alfaro Leon 179 56.63 78 kg missed7882 kg missed9398101
- Natalia Morera Avila 179 56.97 757880 kg missed9598101
12 Aneth Juto Martinez 173 57.36 76 kg missed76799498 kg missed99 kg missed
13 Ettel Boyce 123 56.89 53 kg missed53 kg missed53636770

Women's 63 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Sophia Plum Shaft 237 62.4 103105107127130133 kg missed
2 Colombia Yenny Sinisterra Colombia 234 Colombia 62.29 101104107 kg missed126130134 kg missed
3 Karen Tatiana Mosquera Caceres 231 61.91 103106108123128 kg missed128 kg missed
4 Venezuela Génesis Rodríguez Venezuela 218 Venezuela 60.77 9498100113118not taken
5 Ecuador Jenifer Becerra Ecuador 214 Ecuador 61.92 9599102 kg missed115120 kg missed120 kg missed
6 Virginie Chartrand 202 62.78 88 kg missed8891107111113 kg missed
7 Sofia Daniela Ramirez Velasquez 194 62.67 808487107 kg missed107 kg missed107
8 Katrina Wright 185 62.13 808385100103 kg missed103 kg missed
9 Javiana Del Socorro Pavon Montiel 175 60.68 75788095100 kg missed100 kg missed
10 Beatriz Oduber 154 61.8 65 kg missed7073 kg missed808490 kg missed

Women's 69 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 United States Olivia Reeves United States 262 United States 68.99 115 kg missed115121 kg missed143147151 kg missed
2 Colombia Julieth Rodríguez Colombia 247 Colombia 68.61 108111 kg missed111136 kg missed136141 kg missed
3 Fransheska Mari Matias Marcial 245 68.62 106 kg missed106110135 kg missed135138 kg missed
4 Ecuador Bella Paredes Ecuador 234 Ecuador 68.24 101105107 kg missed124129133 kg missed
5 Alexis Jane Ashworth 220 65.96 9598101 kg missed118122125 kg missed
6 Karla Viviana Ortiz Petterson 216 67.03 9194 kg missed94118122125 kg missed
7 Tatiana Salas Pereira 211 67.25 8891 kg missed91112116120
8 Kidaisha Lopez Rodriguez 209 68.64 93 kg missed9396109113117 kg missed
9 Nicaragua Sema Ludrick Nicaragua 202 Nicaragua 68.62 8792 kg missed92 kg missed115118 kg missed118 kg missed
10 Constanza Noelia Celis Gutierrez 200 68.37 9094 kg missed94 kg missed106110114 kg missed
11 Lee Kathryn Paige 197 68.06 8690 kg missed90 kg missed111116 kg missed116 kg missed
12 Kelly Joan Aparicio Leon 187 68.62 82 kg missed8285 kg missed100105108 kg missed
- Estelle Sylvia Rohr - 68.94 91 kg missed91 kg missed91 kg missed118121 kg missed121 kg missed

Women's 77 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 United States Mattie Rogers United States 249 United States 76.37 108111 kg missed112 kg missed137 kg missed137141
2 Maria Fernanda Mena Mosquera 248 76.29 108112116132137 kg missed137 kg missed
3 Brazil Laura Amaro Brazil 248 Brazil 76.34 107110111135 kg missed137 kg missed137
4 Colombia Mari Sánchez Colombia 243 Colombia 75.76 105110 kg missed111 kg missed130138142 kg missed
5 Rosalie Dumas 235 76.44 104 kg missed104106125129132 kg missed
6 Rose Beaoudin 232 76.8 99103 kg missed104124125128
7 Yopatrik Peguero Avila 192 69.1 82 kg missed85 kg missed85103107111 kg missed
8 Maria Emilia Sarraute Gallo 190 76.71 8486 kg missed86 kg missed106 kg missed106 kg missed106
9 Eva Briceno Barquero 188 71.56 78828590 kg missed98103
- Beverly Shanen De Leon Cardoza - 75.5 85 kg missed85 kg missed85 kg missed105108112 kg missed

Women's 86 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Ecuador Kelin Jiménez Ecuador 246 Ecuador 83.97 105109111 kg missed133137140 kg missed
2 Colombia Valeria Rivas Colombia 240 Colombia 85.95 107110 kg missed110 kg missed133138 kg missed140 kg missed
3 Katelyn Ann Witte 239 83.65 106109 kg missed109 kg missed130133 kg missed133
4 Mexico Lizbeth Nolasco Mexico 238 Mexico 77.05 101105108120125130
5 United States Anna McElderry United States 236 United States 85.78 104107 kg missed108 kg missed127 kg missed127132
6 Paula Navarro Delgado 191 81.56 808487 kg missed100104107
7 Fabiola Alessandra Gonzalez Zuniga 185 85.32 80 kg missed8086 kg missed105110 kg missed110 kg missed
- Venezuela Dayana Chirinos Venezuela - Venezuela 85.86 106 kg missed106 kg missed106133 kg missed133 kg missednot taken

Women's +86 kg, 2026 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Ecuador Lisseth Ayoví Ecuador 281 Ecuador 134.83 115119 kg missed121155160164 kg missed
2 Cuba Marifélix Sarría Cuba 280 Cuba 124.3 114117119156161164 kg missed
3 United States Mary Theisen-Lappen United States 271 United States 129.3 112115 kg missed116 kg missed148153159
4 Venezuela Naryury Pérez Venezuela 270 Venezuela 101.08 114118120142147150
5 Dominican Republic Crismery Santana Dominican Republic 269 Dominican Republic 109.65 115118121 kg missed143148151
6 Adbeel Noemi Rodriguez Lugo 264 137.59 110115117 kg missed140145149
7 Brazil Taiane Justino Brazil 264 Brazil 138.09 112116 kg missed116 kg missed145152156 kg missed
8 Chile Arantzazu Pavez Chile 250 Chile 131.26 107113117 kg missed137143 kg missed143 kg missed
9 Laura Anahi Jimenez Cazares 245 104.3 100105 kg missed105135140145 kg missed
10 Mariadni Malvina Batista Fernandez 230 107.99 100103 kg missed105 kg missed120125130
11 Scarleth Ucelo 212 111.39 8791 kg missed91 kg missed120125128 kg missed
- Nestmarie Ggomez Garcia - 121.91 95100105 kg missed123 kg missed125 kg missed125 kg missed