Luis Alberto García Brito (born 19 April 1995 in

Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

) is a Dominican Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Career

García won two silver medals in the

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico.Sport page< ...

hel in Veracruz, Mexico, taking part in the 56 kg category. In his participation in the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

he won the 56 kg category bronze medal, lifting 115 kg in snatch, 141 kg in clean and jerk and a total of 256 kg. He won three gold medals in the 2015 Pan American Junior Championships in the 56 kg category. He won the snatch bronze medal in the 56 kg category of the 2016 Pan American Championships. He represented the Dominican Republic at the

2020 Summer Olympics 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 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Luis 1995 births Living people Dominican Republic male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games bronze medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting Universiade medalists for the Dominican Republic Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen