José Oliver Ruíz (born September 18, 1974) is a male
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 ...
from
Colombia. He won a gold medal at the
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Ol ...
for his native
South America
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n country.
References
NBC
1974 births
Living people
Colombian male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 2003 Pan American Games
Weightlifters at the 2007 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia
Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
20th-century Colombian people
21st-century Colombian people
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