Marcos Ruiz Velasco (born 13 October 1996) is a

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weightlifter. He represented Spain at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He won two medals at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria. He won the gold medal in the men's 102 kg Snatch event and the silver medal in the men's 102 kg Clean & Jerk event.

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* * Living people 1996 births Spanish male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Spain People from Molins de Rei Sportspeople from the Province of Barcelona European Weightlifting Championships medalists Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-weightlifting-bio-stub