Yoelmis Hernández Paumier (born 25 April 1986 in

Nueva Gerona Nueva Gerona is a Cuban city, capital of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality and province. As of 2012, its population was 59,049. History The city was founded in 1830 by Francisco Dionisio Vives, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba 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 ...

) is a

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 ...

competing in the 85 kg category. He finished in seventh place at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Hernández won the 85 kg gold medals in snatch and clean & jerk during the

2014 Pan American Sports Festival The I Pan American Sports Festival (Spanish: ''Festival Deportivo Panamericano'') was a multi-sport event held between 11 July and 30 September 2014 in Mexico. The Festival was organized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). Venues The ...

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* Cuban male weightlifters 1986 births Living people Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Nueva Gerona Olympic weightlifters for Cuba Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-weightlifting-bio-stub