Israel José Rubio Rivero (born 11 January 1981) is a Venezuelan weightlifter.
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Born | 11 January 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rubio originally placed 4th in the men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal when the previous bronze medalist, Leonidas Sampanis, was stripped of his medal following a doping scandal.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 13th in the men's 69kg weightlifting competition, lifting a total of 306 kg.[1]
Rubio was arrested on January 25, 2012, in the city of Pescara, Italy, for alleged possession of narcotics.[2]
Pan American Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Lightweight | |
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67.5 kg (1951–1991) · 70 kg (1995) · 69 kg (1999–2015) · 73 kg (2019–) | |
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Venezuela medal winners at the Olympic Games | ||
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