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Nationality | Dominican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Santo Domingo | 19 April 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Bienvenido Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luis Alberto García Brito (born 19 April 1995 in Santo Domingo)[1][2] is a Dominican Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
García won two silver medals in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games hel in Veracruz, Mexico, taking part in the 56 kg category.[3]
In his participation in the 2015 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.[4] He won three gold medals in the 2015 Pan American Junior Championships in the 56 kg category.[1] He won the snatch bronze medal in the 56 kg category of the 2016 Pan American Championships.[5]
He represented the Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Pirón Rompe marcas en Panam de Pesas" [Pirón set new marks in Pan American weightlifting]. El Nacional (in Spanish). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Luis Alberto Garcia Brito". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Cadete, Primitivo (21 November 2014). "Pesas aplica poder. Dos medallas de oro y 4 de plata" [Weightlifting applied power. Two gold medals and 4 silver]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Mota Nina, Alipio (11 July 2016). "Luis García gana bronce y le da La primera medalla a RD en Toronto" [Luis Garcia wins bronze and gives the first medal for RD in Toronto]. El Dia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Dominicana Beatriz Pirón gana dos oro en Campeonato Panamericano de Pesas" [Dominican Beatriz Pirón wins two gold in Pan American Weightlifting Championship]. El Caribe (in Spanish). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "República Dominicana tendrá participación histórica en Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
External links
- 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 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 people