Jhor Esneider Moreno Torres (born 2 October 1995) is a Colombian

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. He won the bronze medal in the men's 96kg event at the

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held in Bogotá, Colombia. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 77kg event at the

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held in Toronto, Canada. He is also a two-time gold medalist at the

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(2021 and 2022).

Career

He won the silver medal in his event at the

2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships The 2017 Pan American Weightlifting Championships was held in Miami, United States between July 23 and July 30, 2017. A total of 126 weightlifters qualified to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games through scores from both the 2017 and 2018 Pan ...

held in Miami, United States. In that same year, he competed in the men's 85kg event at the

World Weightlifting Championships The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England. Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categori ...

held in Anaheim, California, United States. He won the bronze medal in the Snatch in the men's 89kg event at the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. The logo of IWF World Championships 2018 has consisted of abstract illustration of weightlifting athlete designed by Ashgabat based design fi ...

held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A month later, he competed in the men's 89kg event at the

2021 World Weightlifting Championships The 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Due to concerns about the rapid spread of Omicron variant and held shortly after Olympics and Chinese National Games, t ...

held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He won the gold medal in the men's 96kg Snatch event at the

2022 Bolivarian Games The 2022 Bolivarian Games (Spanish:''Juegos Bolivarianos''), officially the XIX Bolivarian Games Valledupar 2022, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Valledupar, Colombia from June 24 to July 5. It was the fifth time of the ev ...

held in Valledupar, Colombia. He also won the silver medal in the men's 96kg Clean & Jerk event. He won the gold medal in the men's 102kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Jhor Living people 1995 births Colombian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Colombian people People from Apartadó