Luis Alberto García Brito (born 19 April 1995 in

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) is a Dominican

Olympic 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 ...

. He represented his country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Career

García won two silver medals in the

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico.Sport page

hel in Veracruz, Mexico, taking part in the 56 kg category. In his participation in the
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he won the 56 kg category bronze medal, lifting 115 kg in snatch, 141 kg in clean and jerk and a total of 256 kg. He won three gold medals in the 2015 Pan American Junior Championships in the 56 kg category. He won the snatch bronze medal in the 56 kg category of the 2016 Pan American Championships. He represented the Dominican Republic at the
2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Luis 1995 births Living people Dominican Republic male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade medalists in weightlifting Universiade medalists for the Dominican Republic Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dominican Republic people