Julio Mayora

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Julio Mayora
Mayora in 2019
Personal information
Full nameJulio Ruben Mayora Pernia
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 29)
Maiquetía, 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 place2019 Lima–73 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago–73 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Santa Domingo–69 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Bariloche–73 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Cali–79 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Miami–69 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Santo Domingo–73 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Asunción–73 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 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]

In August 2024, Mayora competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 152 kg in the Snatch and placed fifth provisionally, but he failed all three attempts in Clear & Jerk.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2020Tokyo, Japan73 kg150154156N/a186190198N/a3462nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024Paris, France73 kg152156156N/a188188192N/aDNF—
World Championships
2018Ashgabat, Turkmenistan67 kg1441471513rd place, bronze medalist(s)17517817953223rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019Pattaya, Thailand73 kg147152157818519119263376
2022Bogotá, Colombia73 kg148150153———————
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia73 kg147150150718318718763334
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand73 kg1471511511218318518873398
Pan American Games
2019Lima, Peru73 kg152155157N/a185194197N/a3491st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Santiago, Chile73 kg147151154N/a182184188N/a3421st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2014Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic62 kg1151181213rd place, bronze medalist(s)13513514082586
2017Miami, United States69 kg1351401432nd place, silver medalist(s)1681721792nd place, silver medalist(s)3152nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic69 kg1401451451st place, gold medalist(s)1711771801st place, gold medalist(s)3251st place, gold medalist(s)
2020Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic73 kg1451501561st place, gold medalist(s)1851891892nd place, silver medalist(s)3412nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023Bariloche, Argentina73 kg1421481481st place, gold medalist(s)1801841881st place, gold medalist(s)3321st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Caracas, Venezuela73 kg1471511541st place, gold medalist(s)184184184———
2025Cali, Colombia79 kg1501551582nd place, silver medalist(s)1881931991st place, gold medalist(s)3571st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Profile". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ↑ 2018 World Weightlifting Championships −67 kg results
  3. ↑ "China's Shi breaks own record to win weightlifting gold". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 28 July 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