Lázaro Ruiz

Lázaro Ruiz
Personal information
Born October 12, 1984
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Championships
2010 Guatemala City – 62 kg
2008 Callao – 62 kg
Pan American Sports Festival
2014 Mexico – 62 kg Snatch
2014 Mexico – 62 kg C&J

Lázaro Maikel Ruiz (born October 12, 1984) is a Cuban weightlifter.

At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships he won bronze in the 62 kg category, lifting a total of 284 kg.[1]

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 62 kg division finishing sixth, with 294 kg,[2] beating his previous personal best by 10 kg.

Ruiz won the – 62 gold medal in snatch and silver clean & jerk during the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.[3][4]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "RUIZ Lazaro M.". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. ↑ "RUIZ Lazaro". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. ↑ "Consigue Lino Montes dos bronces en el inicio del levantamiento de pesas de FDP" [Lino Montes got two bronzes at the start of weightlifting FDP] (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: CONADE. 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Cuba encabeza halterofilia del Festival Deportivo Panamericano" [Cuba leads the Sports Festival Pan American weightlifting] (in Spanish). Radio Progreso. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2015-11-24.


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