Olympic-style weightlifting, or Olympic weightlifting, often simply referred to as weightlifting, is an athletic discipline in the modern Olympic program in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates.
Ecuador competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics, although it had first competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Georgia competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Georgian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 34 competitors, 27 men and 7 women, took part in 39 events in 13 sports.
Ecuador competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, winning its first Olympic medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk.
Ecuador competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Twelve competitors, eleven men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in five sports.
Cyprus competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Colombia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1932, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one edition of the Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1952 Games. Colombian athletes have won a total of 28 Olympic medals in eight different sports, with weightlifting and cycling as the most successful ones. Colombia is the third most successful South American country at the Olympic Games, after Brazil and Argentina respectively. The Colombian Olympic Committee was created in 1936 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1948.
María Alexandra Escobar Guerrero is an Ecuadorian female weightlifter.
The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 July 2007 to 29 July 2007.
The 13th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from July 23 to August 8, 1999.
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to August 17, 2003.
Guatemala sent a delegation to 14th Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1–17 August 2003. At the Games, Guatemala garnered a total number of 12 medals: 3 silver and 9 bronze.
Oliba Seledina Nieves Arroyo is a female weightlifter from Ecuador. She won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country in the + 75 kg weight division.
The Dominican Republic participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in its capital Santo Domingo, from 1 to 17 August 2003 as the host nation.
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1 to August 17, 2003.
The 11th Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991.
Lyudmila Yuryevna Bogdanova is a Russian judoka, who played for the extra lightweight category. She is a multiple-time Russian judo champion, and a two-time gold medalist for the 52 kg division at the European Junior Judo Championships. She also achieved three top-five finishes in the women's 48 kg class at the European Judo Championships.
Ecuador competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1924.
Ecuador is scheduled to compete in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Ecuador is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. It will be the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
