Mari Sánchez

Mari Leivis Sánchez Periñán (born 8 October 1991) is a Colombian weightlifter. She is a three-time silver medalist in the women's 71kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. She won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.

Career
Sánchez won the gold medal in the women's 69kg Snatch event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia. She also won the silver medal in the women's 69kg Clean & Jerk event. In that same year, she competed in the women's 71kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Sánchez won the silver medal in her event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

Sánchez won two medals, including gold, at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. She won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.

Sánchez won the silver medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. In 2024, she also won the silver medal in the women's 71kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Caracas, Venezuela.