Ramiro Mora Romero

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Ramiro Mora Romero
OLY
Personal information
Born	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27)^[1] Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg

Ramiro Mora Romero OLY (born 29 August 1997) is a Cuban weightlifter who competed for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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A former member of the Cuban Weightlifting Team,^[2] Mora Romero arrived in Great Britain in 2019 as part of a circus group in which he performed as an aerialist before claiming asylum after taking part in a political protest during a visit to Cuba in 2021.^[3]

He won the 89 kg title at the 2022 England Championships^[4] and the 96 kg category at the 2023 British Championships.^[5]

On 1 December 2023, Mora Romero was granted refugee status and received an International Olympic Committee Refugee Scholarship to help fund his training and participation in international competitions.^[6]

In May 2024, he was among 36 athletes named in the Refugee Olympic Team for that year's Summer Olympics in Paris, France,^[6]^[7]^[8] where he took part in the 102 kg category,^[2] finishing seventh after setting new personal bests in the snatch, clean and jerk and combined total.^[9]^[10]

Major results

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Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
Year	Venue	Weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total	Rank
Olympic Games
2024	Paris, France	102 kg	161	166	~~168~~	—	201	206	210	—	376	7
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	102 kg	157	162	~~165~~	18	197	—	—	20	359	18

References

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^ "Profile of Ramiro Mora". International Weightlifting Results Project. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ ^a ^b "Ramiro Mora". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ "Bristol weightlifting champion's Olympic dreams hang in the balance". Bristol Post. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ "A celebration of the England Championships 2022". British Weightlifting. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ "Olympic medallist from Cameroon and talented Cuban are British weightlifting champions". insidethegames.biz. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ ^a ^b "Ramiro Mora selected for the Olympic Refugee Team, Paris 2024". British Weightlifting. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ "IOC REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM PARIS 2024 ANNOUNCED, FORMED OF 36 ATHLETES". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ "Refugee Olympic Team 2024: Which athletes are heading to Paris?". London Evening Standard. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
^ "Mora Romero's path from Blackpool circus strongman to Olympic weightlifter". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
^ "Refugee athlete Ramiro Mora finishes seventh in men's 102 kg weightlifting at Paris 2024 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

External links

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Ramiro Mora Romero at the International Weightlifting Federation
Ramiro Mora Romero at the International Weightlifting Results Project
Ramiro Mora Romero at Olympics.com

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