Álvaro Augusto Velasco Alzate (born March 3, 1971) is a retired male

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

from

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, who thrice won a medal for his native

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n country at the

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: in 1991, 1995 and 1999. He twice competed at the

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(1992 and 1996), finishing in 12th place in the men's middleweight division in

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(1996).

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1971 births Living people Colombian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Colombia Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1991 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1995 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games gold medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games silver medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 21st-century Colombian people 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-weightlifting-bio-stub