Verónica Saladín

Verónica Estela Saladín Tolentino (born 21 May 1992) is a weightlifter from the Dominican Republic. She won the silver medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She is also a three-time silver medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Career

Saladín represented the Dominican Republic at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. She finished in 4th place in the women's +75kg event. She also competed in the women's +75 kg event at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships held in Paris, France.

Saladín won the bronze medal in the women's +75kg Snatch event at the 2014 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She competed in the women's +75kg event at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada where she did not register a result in the Clean & Jerk. She won the gold medal in the women's +90kg Snatch event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

In 2018, Saladín competed in the women's +87kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. A year later, she competed in the same event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.

In 2019, Saladín won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She previously also won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships in 2017 and 2018. She won the silver medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She finished in 7th place in the women's +87kg event.

Saladín won the bronze medal in the women's +87kg Snatch event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Summer Olympics 2021 Tokyo, Japan +87 kg 105 111 116 125 131 – 242 7 World Championships 2011 Paris, France +75 kg 97 102 103 14 118 125 127 21 228 20 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan +87 kg 118 122 126 5 142 146 146 12 264 10 2019 Pattaya, Thailand +87 kg 120 125 126 9 140 145 145 12 265 10 Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico +75 kg 102 102 107 125 127 127 232 4 2015 Toronto, Canada +75 kg 110 115 117 132 132 132 — 2019 Lima, Peru +87 kg 120 125 130 145 152 153 283 Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla, Colombia +90 kg 119 119 122 143 147 148