Julio Mayora
Mayora in 2019
Personal information
Full nameJulio Ruben Mayora Pernia
Nationality Venezuelan
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996
Maiquetia, Venezuela
Weight66.63 kg (147 lb)
Sport
Country Venezuela
SportWeightlifting
Event–73 kg
Medal record
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo–73 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Ashgabat–67 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima –73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago –73 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Santa Domingo–69 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Bariloche–73 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Miami–69 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Santo Domingo–73 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción –73 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla –69 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Edmonton–62 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Tashkent–56 kg

Julio Rubén Mayora Pernia (born 2 September 1996) is a Venezuelan weightlifter, Olympian,[1] 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 International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career

He participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, winning a bronze medal with a 322 kg total.[2] At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he won a silver medal in the 73 kg category,[3] and dedicated it to Hugo Chávez.[4]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
2020Japan Tokyo, Japan73 kg150154156218619019833462nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan67 kg1441471513rd place, bronze medalist(s)17517817953223rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand73 kg147152157818519119263376
Pan American Games
2019Peru Lima, Peru73 kg152155157118519419713491st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. "Olympic Profile". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. 2018 World Weightlifting Championships –67 kg results
  3. "China's Shi breaks own record to win weightlifting gold". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  4. "'Esta medalla se la regalo a Hugo Chávez': pesista venezolano". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 29 July 2021. Darle un feliz cumpleaños a Hugo Chávez. De verdad que el regalo de esta medalla de plata es para el presidente Hugo Chávez
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