Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sánchez (born 8 October 1999) is a Venezuelan

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 96 kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the

2022 World Weightlifting Championships The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 2022. It was scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China but this changed in March 2022 as a result of COVID-19 measures in China. The ...

held in Bogotá, Colombia.

Career

Vallenilla won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk 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 also won the bronze medal in the Snatch in the men's 89kg event at the

2019 World Weightlifting Championships The 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held in Pattaya, Thailand from 18 to 27 September 2019. On September 12, Egypt was banned from competing at these Championships due to multiple doping offenses. The host nation, Thailand, was also ban ...

held in Pattaya, Thailand. In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's 96kg event at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

held in Lima, Peru. In 2021, Vallenilla won the silver medal in the men's 96 kg event at the

in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In that same year, he won the bronze medal in the men's 96kg 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 two medals, including gold, 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 won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. He also set new Panamerican records in both the Snatch and the Clean & Jerk which were all improved upon during the competition by

Brayan Rodallegas Brayan Santiago Rodallegas Carvajal (born 15 November 1997) is a Colombian Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 77 kg and 85 kg categories until 2018 and 89 kg ...

of Colombia. Vallenilla won the gold medal in the men's 96kg event at the

2022 South American Games The XII South American Games (Spanish: ''XII Juegos Suramericanos Asunción 2022'') was a multi-sport event held between 1–15 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Paraguaya ...

held in Asunción, Paraguay. In December 2022, Vallenilla won the gold medal in the men's 89kg 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 Bogotá, Colombia. In that same month, he was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission. Vallenilla won the gold medal in the men's 89kg event at the

2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships The 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships were held in Bariloche, Argentina from 27 March to 1 April 2023. Colombian weightlifters did not compete at the competition after Colombia withdrew its entire team due to a dispute over team fees ...

held in Bariloche, Argentina. He also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallenilla, Keydomar Living people 1999 births People from La Guaira Venezuelan male weightlifters Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Venezuela Olympic medalists in weightlifting World Weightlifting Championships medalists Olympic weightlifters for Venezuela 21st-century Venezuelan people