Sergio Armando Rada Rodriguez (born January 27, 1984) is a Colombian

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 ...

. His personal best is 257 kg (2007). He was born in

Campo de la Cruz Campo de la Cruz (Spanish for "field r countrysideof the cross") is a municipality and a town in the Colombian department of Atlántico. It is the fifth most populated town in the Department and is situated on the west bank of the Magdalena rive ...

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. At the 2005 World Championships he ranked 9th in the 56 kg category, with a total of 253 kg. At the 2006 World Championships he ranked 11th in the 56 kg category, with a total of 256 kg. At the 2006 South American Championships he won gold in the 56 kg category, with a total of 255 kg. He competed in

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium. The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following ...

in the 56 kg division finishing twelfth with 252 kg. He is 5 ft 4 inches tall and weighs 123 lb.

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