José Juan Navarro Batista (born 14 April 1981 in Arucas, Las Palmas) is a Spanish weightlifter. Navarro represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's middle heavyweight category (94 kg). Navarro placed tenth in this event, as he successfully lifted 173 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 210 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead

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, for a total of 383 kg.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Spanish male weightlifters 1981 births Living people Olympic weightlifters for Spain Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Arucas, Las Palmas Sportspeople from the Province of Las Palmas Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-weightlifting-bio-stub