Jesús Rodríguez Lafuente (15 November 1933 – 13 April 2018) was a Spanish

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 competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. Rodríguez died in

Lezama Lezama is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is home to the training headquarters of the football team Athletic Bilbao, and is accessible by bus - Bizka ...

on 13 April 2018, at the age of 84.

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1933 births 2018 deaths Spanish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Spain Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bilbao 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-weightlifting-bio-stub