Yenny Sinisterra

Yenny Sinisterra (born 4 May 2000)^[1] is a Colombian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.^[2][3] A month earlier, at the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event.^[1]

Yenny Sinisterra

Personal information
Born	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 23)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Colombia Pan American Games 2019 Lima 55 kg South American Games 2018 Cochabamba 53 kg Bolivarian Games 2017 Santa Marta 53 kg Junior World Championships 2019 Suva 55 kg

In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Bolivarian Games held in Santa Marta, Colombia.^[4] In that same year, she also competed in the women's 53 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United States.^[5] The following year, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2018 South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia.^[6] She also competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.^[7]

In 2019, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.^[8] She finished in 5th place.

In February 2020, she was provisionally suspended after testing positive for the anabolic steroid boldenone.^[9] As of December 2020^[update], her case is being contested at the Court of Arbitration for Sport as she may have ingested it after eating tainted meat and in Colombia boldenone is used for fattening cattle.^[10]

References

1. "2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
2. Gillen, Nancy (29 July 2019). "Mixed day for Canada in Lima 2019 rugby sevens as women retain Pan American title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
3. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
4. "2017 Bolivarian Games". IWF. from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. "2017 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). lsaf.lt. (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
6. "2018 South American Games". IWF. from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
7. (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
8. "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
9. Oliver, Brian (22 December 2020). "Colombia faces outright ban from Tokyo 2020 weightlifting after trio suspended". InsideTheGames.biz. from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
10. Oliver, Brian (30 December 2020). "Exclusive: Colombian weightlifting chief vows "we will compete in Tokyo – we do not support cheating"". InsideTheGames.biz. from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

External links

• Yenny Sinisterra at the International Weightlifting Federation