Francisco Mosquera

Francisco Antonio Mosquera Valencia is a Colombian weightlifter, former World Champion, three-time Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career

Injury before Olympics

In 2016 he tore the Patellar tendon in his left knee 10 days before the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympics and was unable to compete. His recovery lasted 15 months and he was unable to compete until the 2017 Bolivarian Games, where he competed in the 62 kg division, winning the gold medal.

World Championships

Mosquera won the gold medal in the 62kg division at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, this makes him the second Colombian weightlifter to win a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships after Leydi Solís also at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. He also won a silver medal in the 62kg division at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston.