SALADIN TOLENTINO Veronica Estela

World Championships

Year	Location	+75kg - Total	+75kg - Snatch	+75kg - C&J	+87kg - Total	+87kg - Snatch	+87kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	10th (265)	9th (120)	12th (145)
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	-	-	-	10th (264)	5th (122)	12th (142)
2011	Paris, FRA	20th (228)	14th (103)	21st (125)	-	-	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	+87kg - Total
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (283)

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	+90kg	+90kg - Snatch	+90kg - Clean & Jerk	+87kg - Total	+87kg - Snatch	+87kg - C&J
2020	Santo Domingo, DOM	-	-	-	4th (242)	4th (112)	4th (130)
2019	Guatemala City, GUA	-	-	-	2nd (270)	2nd (123)	2nd (147)
2018	Santo Domingo, DOM	2nd (269)	1st (124)	3rd (145)	-	-	-
2017	Miami, FL, USA	2nd (265)	2nd (119)	2nd (146)	-	-	-

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

Vero (Facebook profile, 22 Apr 2012)

Athlete

Spanish

Hector Dominguez [national], DOM; Moreno Martinez [national], DOM; Luis Silva [national], VEN

She struggled with a knee injury during the qualification period for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (diariolibre.com, 08 Apr 2021)

In 2013, an injury forced her to spend two months restricted to her bed. (diariolibre.com, 08 Apr 2021)

She played basketball before one of her teachers - Andres Diaz - pushed her to get involved in weightlifting. "He told me I would be good at it and thank God he was right. I don't regret swapping basketball for weightlifting." (elcaribe.com.do, 13 Jun 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hoy.com.do, 06 Mar 2021)

Her first coach Andres Diaz. "Without him, nobody would have known me. I wouldn't have been an athlete." (diariolibre.com, 08 Apr 2021)

"There is no glory without pain or sacrifice." (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2021)