Alberto Blanco (weightlifter)
Appearance
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Full name | Alberto Blanco Fernández | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 17 February 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90–100 kg (198–220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 90 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 7 October 2016 |
Alberto Blanco Fernández (born 17 February 1950)[1] is a Cuban weightlifter. He competed in the middle heavyweight and First heavyweight class, representing Cuba at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 1977, 1979 and 1980 World Weightlifting Championships.[2] He won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 100 kg event.[1][2] He also participated at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He won the gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games in the Sub-Heavyweight class (357.5 kg).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Alberto Blanco". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alberto Blanco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
External links
[edit]- Alberto Blanco at Olympics.com
- Alberto Blanco at Olympedia (archive)
- Alberto Fernandez Blanco at Lift Up
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- 1950 births
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- Cuban male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Cuba
- Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Cuban sportsmen
- 21st-century Cuban people
- North American weightlifting biography stubs
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