Isnardo Enrike "Junior" Faro (born 15 July 1978) is a weightlifter who competed at two
Summer Olympics
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for
Aruba
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.
Career
Aged 18 years old Faro went to
Atlanta,
United States to compete in the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, he entered the
middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional
In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to .
Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
division and he finished 21st out of the 24 starters.
Eight years later he competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
held in
Athens,
Greece, this time he was competing in the
middle-heavyweight division, this time he finished 19th out of the 25 lifters that started the event.
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Aruban male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Aruba
Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games competitors for Aruba
Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games
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