Leydi Solís

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Solís and the second or maternal family name is Arboleda.
Leydi Solís
Personal information
Birth name Leydi Yesenia Solís Arboleda
Born February 17, 1990 (1990-02-17) (age 26)
Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)

Leydi Yesenia Solís Arboleda (born February 17, 1990 in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) is a female weightlifter from Colombia. She won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony. Solís represented Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, finishing in fourth place in her weight division. She won the 69 kg gold medal in snatch and clean & jerk during the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.[1][2]

References

  1. "Resultados por Prueba - Levantamiento de Pesas - Weightlifting - 69 Kg - Femenil - Arranque" (in Spanish). CONADE. 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  2. "Resultados por Prueba - Levantamiento de Pesas - Weightlifting - 69 Kg - Femenil - Envion" (in Spanish). CONADE. 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
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