Darío Lionel Lecman (born September 1, 1971 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

) is a retired male

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

from

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. He twice competed for his native country at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

: 2000 and 2004. Lecman won three silver medals in a row at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

: 1995, 1999 and 2003. He is Jewish.

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* * 1971 births Living people Argentine male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Argentina Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1995 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Argentine Jews Jewish Argentine sportspeople Jewish weightlifters Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine people 21st-century Argentine people {{Argentina-weightlifting-bio-stub