Herbys Charlys Márquez (born December 1, 1980) is a 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

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. He won a medal at several editions of the

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for his native

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n country. Márquez represented Venezuela at the

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* 1980 births Living people Venezuelan male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Venezuela Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2007 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2011 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen {{Venezuela-weightlifting-bio-stub