Rafael de Jesús Cerro Castillo (born 16 May 1997) is a Colombian

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 ...

. He won the bronze medal in the men's 109kg event at the

2022 World Weightlifting Championships The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 2022. It was scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China but this changed in March 2022 as a result of COVID-19 measures in China. The ne ...

held in Bogotá, Colombia. He won the gold medal in the men's +102kg event at the

2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games (), officially the XIX Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santiago 2023, were an international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, held in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 Novem ...

held in Santiago, Chile. In 2020, Cerro won the silver medal in the men's 109kg event at the

Pan American Weightlifting Championships The Pan American Weightlifting Championships is the continental Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting championship, for nations from the North American, Central American, South American and the Caribbean regions, organised by the Pan American Weigh ...

held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Cerro won two gold medals at the

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games The 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish language, Spanish: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023), also known as the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games and commonly known as San Salvador 2023, wa ...

held in San Salvador, El Salvador. He won the gold medal in the men's +109kg Snatch event and also in the men's +109kg Clean & Jerk event. In 2024, he won the gold medal in the men's +109kg event at the

held in Caracas, Venezuela.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerro, Rafael Living people 1997 births Place of birth missing (living people) Colombian male weightlifters Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games gold medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 21st-century Colombian sportsmen