Rubén Montesinos Gimeno is a Spanish

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athlete. He is an eight-time Spanish National Heavyweight (+84 kg) Champion, and won the World Heavyweight Championship in

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in 2005. However, Montesinos did not qualify for either the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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, losing his spot to two-time European Middleweight (-84 kg) Champion Jon Garcia in the +80 kg category at the Spanish Olympic Trials.

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