Julio Rubén Mayora Pernia (born 2 September 1996) is a

Venezuelan Venezuelans (Spanish language, Spanish: ''venezolanos'') are the Citizenship, citizens identified with the country of Venezuela. This connection may be through citizenship, descent or cultural. For most Venezuelans, many or all of these connect ...

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, Olympian, 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

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reorganized the categories.

Career

He participated at the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. This was the first World Championship after the International Weightlifting Federation, IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all w ...

, winning a bronze medal with a 322 kg total. At the

2020 Olympic Games The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo he won a silver medal in the 73 kg category, and dedicated it to

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, Bolivarian Revolution, revolutionary, and Officer (armed forces), military officer who served as the 52nd president of Venezuela from 1999 until De ...

. In August 2024, Mayora competed in the men's 73 kg event at the

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held in Paris, France. He lifted 152 kg in the Snatch and placed fifth provisionally, but he failed all three attempts in Clear & Jerk.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayora, Julio 1996 births Living people Venezuelan male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2023 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Olympic silver medalists for Venezuela Olympic weightlifters for Venezuela Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2022 South American Games 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen