Arley Méndez

Arley Méndez Pérez is a Chilean weightlifter, World Champion and two-time Pan American Champion competing in the 85 kg category until 2018 and 89 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career

He competed for Chile at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships winning the gold medal in all three categories in the –85 kg division, ahead of the Olympic champion and heavy favorite Kianoush Rostami.
In 2018, he competed in the newly created 89 kg category at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat winning a gold medal in the Snatch portion of the competition.
He represented Chile at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2024, he won the silver medal in the men's 89kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.