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

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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 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 {{Colombia-weightlifting-bio-stub