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Diego Salazar

1980 - Today

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Diego Fernando Salazar Quintero (born 3 October 1980) is a Colombian weightlifter, Olympic medalist and two times gold medal winner at the Pan American Games. He was born in Barranquilla. Salazar participated in the men's -62 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Qiu Le and Oscar Figueroa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Salazar has received more than 25,161 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Diego Salazar is the 4,717th most popular athlete (down from 3,370th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 279th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Colombian Athlete.

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  • 17

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  • 4.57

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  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Diego Salazar ranks 4,717 out of 6,025Before him are David Möller, Tina Dietze, Minna Nieminen, Adrien Hardy, Chris Nilsen, and Tian Jia. After him are Miya Tachibana, David Neville, Feryal Abdelaziz, Paul Tanui, Si Tianfeng, and Lashinda Demus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Diego Salazar ranks 1,160Before him are Mike Zonneveld, Sara McMann, Motoki Imagawa, Nick Dempsey, Saša Papac, and Diego Junqueira. After him are Ama K. Abebrese, Malebogo Molefhe, Krisztina Fazekas-Zur, Lindsey Berg, Joe Budden, and Tatsuya Furuhashi.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Diego Salazar ranks 325 out of 356Before him are José Fernando Cuadrado (1985), Jherson Vergara (1994), Luis Manuel Orejuela (1995), Miguel Ángel Rubiano (1984), Julián Arredondo (1988), and Sebastián Pérez Cardona (1993). After him are Jesús Ferreira (2000), Daniel Alejandro Torres (1989), Harold Preciado (1994), Aldo Leão Ramírez (1981), Cristian Nazarit (1990), and Jaime Castrillón (1983).

Among ATHLETES In Colombia

Among athletes born in Colombia, Diego Salazar ranks 7Before him are María Isabel Urrutia (1965), Óscar Figueroa (1983), Ximena Restrepo (1969), Caterine Ibargüen (1984), Orlando Duque (1974), and Yuri Alvear (1986). After him are Luis Fernando López (1979), Sandra Arenas (1993), Anthony Zambrano (1998), Éider Arévalo (1993), Luis Javier Mosquera (1995), and Óscar Muñoz (1993).