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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Alexandra EscobarBorn (1980-07-17) July 17, 1980 (age\u00a042)Esmeraldas, EcuadorHeight1.58\u00a0m (5\u00a0ft 2\u00a0in)Weight58\u00a0kg (128\u00a0lb)Country\u00a0EcuadorSportWeightliftingEvent(s)58kgClubFederaci\u00f3n Deportiva de EsmeraldasCoached byJavier Perez RosasMar\u00eda Alexandra Escobar Guerrero (born July 17, 1980)[1] is an Ecuadorian weightlifter.At the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya, Turkey she won gold in the 53\u00a0kg category in the clean and jerk, bronze in the snatch, and the overall bronze medal with in total 205\u00a0kg.[2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4She ranked 7th in the Woman’s 58\u00a0kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting 215\u00a0kg in total.[1]At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 16th in the 58\u00a0kg category, and at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 5th in the same category, lifting a total of 220\u00a0kg.[1]Escobar won the gold medal in the 58\u00a0kg category at the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships.[1]She competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics \u2013 Women’s 58 kg in Beijing, ranking 5th with 223\u00a0kg in total,[1] and also was the national flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[3]  She was the Ecuadorian flag-bearer for both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again competed in the women’s 58\u00a0kg category, finishing 9th with a total of 226\u00a0kg.[4]Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Pan American Championships[edit]Olympic Games[edit]World Championships[edit]Controversy[edit]Major Results[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Escobar’s parents struggled to support her, and soon sent her to be raised by her aunt Luisa Marquez.[5] It was Luisa’s daughter, Adela Marquez, who introduced Escobar to the sport of weightlifting.[5]  From an early age Escobar knew that sports would likely present the best opportunity to escape the poverty she had inherited at birth.[5]Escobar was found by a local coach in Esmeraldas named Silvio Mila.[6] Mila practically refused to let Escobar walk away from the sport, and just four months after beginning to train in the sport she won her first medal and was shortly thereafter invited to join the Ecuadorian Weightlifting team.[6] Escobar first found international success in 2001 at the World Championships in Antalya, Turkey where she won a gold medal in the 53\u00a0kg Clean & Jerk event. Escobar has also found considerable success on her home continent winning 18 gold medals in various major South American competitions.[7] She has competed in three Olympic Games all in the 58\u00a0kg event, and is currently working towards qualifying for the 2016 games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[7] Escobar and her husband Dario Xavier Garcia have one son, Dominic Ramses Garcia.[7] She is currently coached by the Cuban Javier Perez Rosas, and trains in her home town of Esmeraldas.[4] The government has provided her with facilities to train in and a monthly stipend to allow her to focus solely on weightlifting.[4]Pan American Championships[edit]While Alexandra Escobar has competed in three Olympic Games and several World Championships her greatest success has undoubtedly come at the Pan American Championships. She first appeared on the Pan American stage in 2008 at the games held in Callao, Peru when she swept the 58\u00a0kg events, winning three gold medals 1 each in the 58\u00a0kg, the 58\u00a0kg \u2013 snatch, and the 58\u00a0kg \u2013 clean & jerk. Since the 2008 games in Callao Escobar has won 10 gold medals, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze.[7] Making that even more impressive, she won back to back to back gold medals in both the 58\u00a0kg and the 58\u00a0kg \u2013 clean & jerk during the 2008, 2009 and 2010 games.[7] Escobar is showing no signs of slowing down either having recently won gold medals in 58\u00a0kg, the 58\u00a0kg \u2013 snatch and the 58\u00a0kg \u2013 clean & jerk events at the 2013 games held in Caracas, Venezuela.[7]Olympic Games[edit]Alexandra Escobar’s dream is to win an Olympic medal, and she has competed in five games so far. She first competed in the Olympics in 2004 in Athens, Greece. She then returned in the 2008 games in Beijing, China. Finally, she competed in London, England during the 2012 games. Prior to the 2012 games, Escobar said:What I really want is to step up onto the podium and hear my country’s national anthem. I’ve won medals at all the other major competitions \u2013 the South American, Bolivian and Pan American Games, and the World Championships. The only thing I don’t have is the Olympic medal, which is why I’m going to give it everything I have to win one in London.Escobar has yet to accomplish this goal as her best finish so far was fourth place in the 2008 games. In the opening ceremony of those games, Escobar was the flag bearer for her home country Ecuador. Escobar considers this a great honor that was bestowed upon her.[6] Her other finishes in the Olympics were 7th place in 2004 and 9th in 2012. After the disappointing finish in London, there was some speculation that Escobar would retire as she has spoken about an interest in coaching and studying sports science.[7] However this soon proved false as she has returned to competitions in 2013.World Championships[edit]Alexandra Escobar has competed in eight World Championships. She has won one gold medal, in 2001, and has finished second on two occasions, both occurring in the 2013 games held in Wroclaw, Poland.[7] She has also won four bronze medals, in 2001, 2003 and 2013. Her medals have all came in the 58\u00a0kg, 58\u00a0kg \u2013 snatch and 58\u00a0kg \u2013 clean & jerk events.Controversy[edit]In October 2003, Escobar threatened to boycott the World Championships that were being held in Vancouver, Canada later that year unless the governing committee canceled a twenty thousand dollar fine that was imposed on a fellow competitor.[8] Ultimately, the issue was resolved and Escobar attended the games winning a bronze medal in the 58\u00a0kg \u2013 snatch event. This event painted Escobar as a martyr in the eyes of the weightlifting community and garnered her significant respect among her fellow competitors.[8]Major Results[edit]YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank123Rank123RankOlympic Games2004 Athens, Greece58 kg95.0100.0100.06115.0120.0122.57215.072008 Beijing, China58 kg9696992120124127422342012 London, England58 kg1001001032123127127822672016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil58 kg971001024118121123522342020 Tokyo, Japan59 kg959595––––––DNFWorld Championships2001 Antalya, Turkey53 kg85.090.090.0110.0110.0115.0205.02002 Warsaw, Poland53 kg87.590.092.56110.0110.0110.0––DNF2003 Vancouver, Canada58 kg90.090.092.5110.0115.0120.05207.542006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic58 kg8285851510310310319188162007 Chang Mai, Thailand58 kg95991014118121124622052010 Antalya, Turkey58 kg951001004120124127422742011 Paris, France58 kg9595986117120–1021292013 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland58 kg981031061201201222252014 Almaty, Kazakhstan63 kg1001041051112212712714227132015 Houston, United States58 kg9497975117120124821762017 Anaheim, United States58 kg939699511611912221852018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg9193955113116116620972019 Pattaya, Thailand59 kg8587901710511011513205132021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg859092911211611692028References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/alexandra-escobar-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Alexandra Escobar – Wikipedia"}}]}]