Julio Mayora

Venezuelan weightlifter (born 1996)
Julio Mayora
Mayora in 2019
Personal information
Full nameJulio Ruben Mayora Pernia
Nationality Venezuelan
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 27)
Maiquetia, Venezuela
Weight66.63 kg (147 lb)
Sport
Country Venezuela
SportWeightlifting
Event–73 kg
Medal record
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo –73 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat –67 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima –73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago –73 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santa Domingo –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bariloche –73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Miami –69 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Santo Domingo –73 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción –73 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla –69 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Edmonton –62 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tashkent –56 kg

Julio Rubén Mayora Pernia (born 2 September 1996) is a Venezuelan weightlifter, Olympian,[1] Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and the 67 kg and 73 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career

He participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, winning a bronze medal with a 322 kg total.[2] At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he won a silver medal in the 73 kg category,[3] and dedicated it to Hugo Chávez.[4]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan 73 kg 150 154 156 2 186 190 198 3 346 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 67 kg 144 147 151 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 175 178 179 5 322 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 73 kg 147 152 157 8 185 191 192 6 337 6
Pan American Games
2019 Peru Lima, Peru 73 kg 152 155 157 1 185 194 197 1 349 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Profile". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. ^ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships –67 kg results
  3. ^ "China's Shi breaks own record to win weightlifting gold". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "'Esta medalla se la regalo a Hugo Chávez': pesista venezolano". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 29 July 2021. Darle un feliz cumpleaños a Hugo Chávez. De verdad que el regalo de esta medalla de plata es para el presidente Hugo Chávez

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67.5 kg (1951–1991) · 70 kg (1995) · 69 kg (1999–2015) · 73 kg (2019–)