Yoandry Hernández Coba (born May 25, 1980, in Las Tunas) 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

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, 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 ...

for his native

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country. Hernández represented Cuba at the

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1980 births Living people Cuban male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Cuba Weightlifters at the 2003 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2007 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Las Tunas (city) Sportspeople from Las Tunas Province Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games silver medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic medalists in weightlifting Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-weightlifting-bio-stub