Rubén Dario Maza Larez (born June 9, 1967) is a

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Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

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Career

He represented his native country in the men's marathon (59th place) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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. He won the silver medal in the same event, three years later at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns an ...

Achievements

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1967 births Living people Venezuelan male long-distance runners Venezuelan male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Venezuela Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub