Pablo Lara Rodríguez (born 30 May 1968 in Santa Clara) is a

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

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 lif ...

. He won a gold medal in the ''middleweight class'' at 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, ...

in Atlanta.

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* 1968 births Living people People from Santa Clara, Cuba Cuban male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Cuba Weightlifters at the 1991 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1995 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-Olympic-medalist-stub