Israel José Rubio

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rubio and the second or maternal family name is Rivero.

Israel José Rubio

Personal information

Born

11 January 1981

Medal record

Men's Weightlifting
Representing Venezuela
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	– 62 kg
Pan American Games
	2011 Guadalajara	– 69 kg
	2003 Santo Domingo	– 62 kg
South American Games
	2010 Medellín	– 69 kg

Israel José Rubio Rivero (born 11 January 1981) is a Venezuelan weightlifter.

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]

Was arrested on 25 January in the city of Pescara, Italy, for alleged possession of narcotics.^[2]

References

sports-reference

↑ "RUBIO Israel Jose". International Weightlifting Federation.
↑ http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/pescara-spaccio-di-droga-arrestati-4-sudamericani-/45084-4/

External links

Israel Rubio at databaseolympics.com
Athlete Biography RUBIO Israel Jose at beijing2008

Venezuela medal winners at the Olympic Games

01 ! Gold	Francisco Rodriguez (1968) Ruben Limardo (2012)

02 ! Silver	Pedro Gamarro (1976) Bernardo Piñango (1980)

03 ! Bronze	Arnoldo Devonish (1952) Enrico Forcella (1960) Marcelino Bolivar (1984) Omar Catari (1984) Rafael Vidal (1984) Adriana Carmona (2004) Israel José Rubio (2004) Dalia Contreras (2008)

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