Julio Mayora

{{Short description|Venezuelan weightlifter (born 1996)}}

{{family name hatnote|Mayora|Pernia|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Julio Mayora

| fullname = Julio Ruben Mayora Pernia

| image = Julio Mayora 2019 Pachamama 01.png

| caption = Mayora in 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|9|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Maiquetía, Venezuela

| height =

| weight = 66.63 kg

| country = {{VEN}}

| sport = Weightlifting

| event = –73 kg

| club =

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry| {{VEN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|–73 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Ashgabat|–67 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Lima | –73 kg}}

{{MedalGold | 2023 Santiago | –73 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Santa Domingo|–69 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Bariloche|–73 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Miami|–69 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Santo Domingo|–73 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition| South American Games }}

{{MedalGold| 2022 Asunción | –73 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2018 Barranquilla | –69 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Edmonton|–62 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Tashkent|–56 kg}}

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Julio Rubén Mayora Pernia (born 2 September 1996) is a Venezuelan weightlifter, Olympian,{{cite web|title=Olympic Profile|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n1325720-mayora-pernia-julio-ruben.htm|work=Tokyo 2020|accessdate=28 July 2021|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001193027/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n1325720-mayora-pernia-julio-ruben.htm|url-status=dead}} 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.[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/protocols/M67A.pdf 2018 World Weightlifting Championships −67 kg results] At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he won a silver medal in the 73 kg category,{{cite web|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article253083218.html|title=China's Shi breaks own record to win weightlifting gold|work=Charlotte Observer|accessdate=28 July 2021}} and dedicated it to Hugo Chávez.{{Cite news|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/ciclo-olimpico/venezuela-pesista-le-dedica-medalla-a-hugo-chavez-606917|title='Esta medalla se la regalo a Hugo Chávez': pesista venezolano|newspaper=El Tiempo|date=29 July 2021 |language=es|quote=Darle un feliz cumpleaños a Hugo Chávez. De verdad que el regalo de esta medalla de plata es para el presidente Hugo Chávez}}

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

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! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year

! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue

! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight

! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)

! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)

! rowspan=2 width=65 | Total

! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank

width=65 | 1

! width=65 | 2

! width=65 | 3

! width=45 | Rank

! width=65 | 1

! width=65 | 2

! width=65 | 3

! width=45 | Rank

colspan=13 | Olympic Games
2020align=left | Tokyo, Japan73 kg150154156{{n/a}}186190198{{n/a}}346{{silver2}}
2024align=left | Paris, France73 kg152156156{{n/a}}188188192{{n/a}}{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
colspan=13 | World Championships
2018align=left | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan67 kg144147151{{bronze3}}1751781795322{{bronze3}}
2019align=left | Pattaya, Thailand73 kg147152157818519119263376
2022align=left | Bogotá, Colombia73 kg148150153
2023align=left | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia73 kg147150150718318718763334
colspan=13|IWF World Cup
2024align=left| Phuket, Thailand73 kg1471511511218318518873398
colspan=13|Pan American Games
2019align=left| Lima, Peru73 kg152155157{{n/a}}185194197{{n/a}}349{{Gold1}}
2023align=left | Santiago, Chile73 kg147151154{{n/a}}182184188{{n/a}}342{{Gold1}}
colspan=13 | Pan American Championships
2014align=left | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic62 kg115118121{{bronze3}}13513514082586
2017align=left | Miami, United States69 kg135140143{{silver2}}168172179{{silver2}}315{{silver2}}
2018align=left | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic69 kg140145145{{gold1}}171177180{{gold1}}325{{gold1}}
2020align=left | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic73 kg145150156{{gold1}}185189189{{silver2}}341{{silver2}}
2023align=left | Bariloche, Argentina73 kg142148148{{gold1}}180184188{{gold1}}332{{gold1}}
2024align=left | Caracas, Venezuela73 kg147151154{{gold1}}184184184

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