José Oliver Ruíz (born September 18, 1974) 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

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. He won a gold medal at the

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for his native

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n country.

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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 gold medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games bronze 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 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-weightlifting-bio-stub