PEREZ TIGRERO Mercedes Isabel

Olympic Games

Year	Location	63kg - Total
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (234)
2008	Beijing, CHN	8th (217)

World Championships - Part one

Year	Location	58kg - Total	58kg - Snatch	58kg - C&J	64kg - Total	64kg - Snatch	64kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	4th (238)	5th (106)	3rd (132)
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	-	-	-	4th (232)	5th (105)	3rd (127)
2006	Santo Domingo, DOM	6th (201)	8th (90)	8th (111)	-	-	-
2005	Doha, QAT	9th (197)	8th (88)	9th (109)	-	-	-

World Championships - Part two

Year	Location	63kg - Total	63kg - Snatch	63kg - C&J	69kg - Total	69kg - Snatch	69kg - C&J
2017	Anaheim, CA, USA	3rd (225)	4th (101)	4th (124)	-	-	-
2015	Houston, TX, USA	8th (227)	12th (97)	8th (130)	-	-	-
2014	Almaty, KAZ	11th (231)	12th (104)	11th (127)	-	-	-
2013	Wroclaw, POL	-	-	-	7th (235)	7th (105)	7th (130)
2011	Paris, FRA	-	-	-	10th (230)	12th (100)	7th (130)
2010	Antalya, TUR	8th (224)	10th (99)	9th (125)	-	-	-
2009	Goyang, KOR	11th (225)	13th (100)	8th (125)	-	-	-
2007	Chiang Mai, THA	(---)	10th (97)	(---)	-	-	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	64kg - Total
2019	Lima, PER	1st (235)

Pan American Championships - Part one

Year	Location	64kg - Total	64kg - Snatch	64kg - C&J
2020	Santo Domingo, DOM	2nd (234)	3rd (104)	2nd (130)
2019	Guatemala City, GUA	1st (229)	2nd (101)	2nd (128)

Pan American Championships - Part two

Year	Location	63kg - Total	63kg - Snatch	63kg - C&J	69kg - Total	69kg - Snatch	69kg - C&J
2018	Santo Domingo, DOM	-	-	-	1st (234)	1st (104)	1st (130)
2017	Miami, FL, USA	1st (221)	1st (97)	2nd (124)	-	-	-

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

La Tigre de Oro [The Golden Tiger]. (Facebook profile, 07 Oct 2018)

Athlete

University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, COL

Husband Edinson Angulo

Spanish

Her husband Edinson Angulo represented Colombia in weightlifting at five editions of the world championships between 2005 and 2014. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Oct 2018; deportes.terra.cl, 13 Jul 2015; iwrp.net, 04 Nov 2014)

In 2016 she sustained a knee injury, but was still able to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She later underwent surgery that required seven months of recovery. (hoydiariodelmagdalena.com.co, 02 Aug 2017; annabellmf.wordpress.com, 13 Dec 2016; La Opinion, 10 Aug 2016)

She began weightlifting at about age 13. (annabellmf.wordpress.com, 13 Dec 2016)

She played softball as a child but switched to weightlifting because she preferred individual sports. (elheraldo.co, 30 Jul 2019, 28 Oct 2011; deportespe.terra.com.pe, 26 Oct 2011)

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (elinformador.com.co, 31 Jul 2019; hoydiariodelmagdalena.com.co, 02 Aug 2017)

Colombian weightlifter Maria Isabel Urrutia. (elvocerodelaprovincia.com, 12 Aug 2015)

She shouts different things before lifting. "One shout is 'haya sana'. It's not from any language, it just helps me connect with the sport, with the bar. The other one I say is 'yayo', which is what I used to call my brother who is no longer with us. It's just that, it's not a strange language, they are words and phrases that mean a lot to me." (eltiempo.com, 29 Jul 2019)