Jorge Adán Cárdenas Estrada (born 21 April 1997) is a Mexican

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, where he placed 11th. Cárdenas sparked controversy during the

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as he removed his face mask to greet a television camera as he walked past it, which led to criticism on

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for allegedly violating the

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measures put in place for the Games. In 2024, he won the bronze medal in the men's 73kg event at the

Pan American Weightlifting Championships The Pan American Weightlifting Championships is the continental Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting championship, for nations from the North American, Central American, South American and the Caribbean regions, organised by the Pan American Weigh ...

held in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Jorge Cárdenas
at Eurosport 1997 births Living people Mexican male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Mexico Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Culiacán 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Weightlifters at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists in weightlifting {{Mexico-weightlifting-bio-stub