Alexandra Escobar
María Alexandra Escobar Guerrero (born 17 July 1980) is an Ecuadorian weightlifter.
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| Full name | María Alexandra Escobar Guerrero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1980 Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Federación Deportiva de Esmeraldas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Javier Perez Rosas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya, Turkey she won gold in the 53 kg category in the clean and jerk, bronze in the snatch, and the overall bronze medal with a total lift of 205 kg.
She ranked 7th in the Woman's 58 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics, lifting 215 kg in total.
At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 16th in the 58 kg category, and at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 5th in the same category, lifting a total of 220 kg.
Escobar won the gold medal in the 58 kg category at the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships.
Escobar has competed five times at the Olympics in the women's 58 kg weight class. In the 2004 Summer Olympics she finished 7th with a 215 kg total. At Beijing 2008 she ranked 4th with 223 kg in total. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 7th with a total of 226 kg. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she finished 4th (223 kg) and at the 2020 Summer Olympics she recorded a DNF.
Escobar was the Ecuadorian flag-bearer in the opening ceremonies for the 2004, 2008 and 2020 Olympic Games.