Lisseth Ayoví Explained

Lisseth Betzaida Ayoví Cabezas (born 7 August 1998, Machala) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Ayoví competed in the girls' +63kg event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.^[3]

In 2019, she won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.^[4] After the competition the Mexican Tania Mascorro was banned for using Boldenone, so Ayoví won another two bronze medals (snatch and total).^[5]

She also won the bronze medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.^[6]

In 2021, Ayoví won the bronze medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Ayoví won two gold medals at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[7] She won the silver medal in the women's +87kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^{[8] [9]} She also won the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk event in this competition.^[9]

Ayoví won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^{[10] [11]} She won the silver medal in the women's +81kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[12]

In February 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's +87kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.

In August 2024, Ayoví finished in 4th place in the women's +81kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[13]

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank
Summer Olympics
	Paris, France		117	121	123		156	160	162		283	4
World Championships
2015	Houston, United States	+75 kg	102	106	108		22	133	136	140	21	244	22
2017	Anaheim, United States	+90 kg	107	111	113		6	135	140	143	6	251	6
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	+87 kg	110	115	116		10	140	145	145	14	256	11
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	+87 kg	112	116	118		11	136	138	142	15	258	13
	align=left	Tashkent, Uzbekistan		110	116	116	8	130	136	140	7	250	7
	align=left	Bogotá, Colombia		110	115	120	7	145	151	155	6	275	7
	align=left	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		111	116	121		146	150	155		276
Pan American Games
			108	115	120		130	135	140		255
	align=left	Santiago, Chile		111	116	119		147	152	157		276
Pan American Championships
2014	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	+75 kg	95	101	106	5	120	125	130	7	226	6
2017	Miami, United States	+90 kg	103	108	112	4	128	135	140	4	252	4
		+90 kg	100	107	112	5	130	130	136	5	243	5
2019	Guatemala City, Guatemala	+87 kg	110	115	118		141	146	146		264
2020	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	+87 kg	110	115	117		138	143	145		260
	align=left	Guayaquil, Ecuador	+87 kg	100	106	113		126	130	—		243
	align=left	Bogotá, Colombia	+87 kg	106	110	115	4	137	141	149		264
	align=left	Bariloche, Argentina	+87 kg	112	112	112	—	141	146	153		—	—
	align=left	Caracas, Venezuela	+87 kg	112	116	118		146	151	158		269
South American Championships
2013	Chiclayo, Peru	+75 kg	85	90	95	5	110	115	120	4	210	4
2017		+90 kg	105	111	115		133	140	144		251
2019	Palmira, Colombia	+87 kg	105	110	117		137	141	145		262
Ibero-American Championships
2019		+87 kg	105	110	117		137	141	145		262

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230917164936/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf . 17 September 2023 . 17 September 2023 . International Weightlifting Federation.
2. News: 16 September 2023 . Another weightlifting shock as South Korean takes injured Li's world title . InsideTheGames.biz . 27 September 2023.
3. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20200529101549/http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_WL_V1.0.pdf . 29 May 2020 . 29 August 2022 . 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
4. News: Morgan. Liam. 27 April 2019. Robles claims three gold medals on final day at Pan American Weightlifting Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 June 2021.
5. Web site: La alterista mexicana tiene un castigo provisional, la IWF pronto dará a conocer la resolución final. es. 4 July 2019. 18 July 2022. www.record.com.mx.
6. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200306144833/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/WL_Results_Book_1.0.pdf . 6 March 2020 . 22 August 2020 . 2019 Pan American Games.
7. Web site: Weightlifting Medalists . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203149/https://www.bolivarianosvalledupar.com/medalleria/deporte/2439 . 30 August 2022 . 30 August 2022 . 2022 Bolivarian Games.
8. News: Iveson . Ali . 29 July 2022 . Rogers stars for US but Colombia dominate at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 30 July 2022.
9. Web site: 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220730112107/https://panampesas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RESULTBOOK.pdf . 30 July 2022 . 30 July 2022 . Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas.
10. News: Benitez . Karla . 5 October 2022 . Guayanesa Yorgelis Salazar y Orluis Aular aportan oro para Venezuela en Asunción 2022 . Primicia . 7 October 2022 . es.
11. Web site: Women's +87 kg . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006173014/https://www.asu2022.org.py/uploads/resultados/competencias/Levantamiento%20de%20pesas%20Women%20%2B87kg.pdf . 6 October 2022 . 6 October 2022 . 2022 South American Games.
12. Web site: Weightlifting Medalists . https://web.archive.org/web/20231025102623/https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/WLF-------------------------------.C93_11_0.pdf . 25 October 2023 . 25 October 2023 . 2023 Pan American Games.
13. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.