Luis García (weightlifter)
Appearance
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Nationality | Dominican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Santo Domingo | 19 April 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Bienvenido Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luis Alberto García Brito (born 19 April 1995 in Santo Domingo)[1][2] is a Dominican Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]García won two silver medals in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games hel in Veracruz, Mexico, taking part in the 56 kg category.[3]
In his participation in the 2015 Pan American Games he won the 56 kg category bronze medal, lifting 115 kg in snatch, 141 kg in clean and jerk and a total of 256 kg.[4] He won three gold medals in the 2015 Pan American Junior Championships in the 56 kg category.[1] He won the snatch bronze medal in the 56 kg category of the 2016 Pan American Championships.[5]
He represented the Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pirón Rompe marcas en Panam de Pesas" [Pirón set new marks in Pan American weightlifting]. El Nacional (in Spanish). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Luis Alberto Garcia Brito". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Cadete, Primitivo (21 November 2014). "Pesas aplica poder. Dos medallas de oro y 4 de plata" [Weightlifting applied power. Two gold medals and 4 silver]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Mota Nina, Alipio (11 July 2016). "Luis García gana bronce y le da La primera medalla a RD en Toronto" [Luis Garcia wins bronze and gives the first medal for RD in Toronto]. El Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Dominicana Beatriz Pirón gana dos oro en Campeonato Panamericano de Pesas" [Dominican Beatriz Pirón wins two gold in Pan American Weightlifting Championship]. El Caribe (in Spanish). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "República Dominicana tendrá participación histórica en Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Dominican Republic male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for the Dominican Republic
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic
- Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting
- Universiade medalists for the Dominican Republic
- Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Dominican Republic people