Israel José Rubio Rivero (born 11 January 1981) is a Venezuelan weightlifter.
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| Born | 11 January 1981 |
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Rubio originally placed 4th in the men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal when the previous bronze medalist, Leonidas Sampanis, was stripped of his medal following a doping scandal.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 13th in the men's 69kg weightlifting competition, lifting a total of 306 kg.[1]
Rubio was arrested on January 25, 2012, in the city of Pescara, Italy, for alleged possession of narcotics.[2]
References edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Israel José Rubio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23.
- ^ "RUBIO Israel Jose". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
- ^ "PESCARA: SPACCIO DI DROGA, ARRESTATI 4 SUDAMERICANI | Ultime notizie di cronaca Abruzzo - AbruzzoWeb". 25 January 2012.
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