Fernando Báez (weightlifter)
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Full name | Fernando Luis Báez Cruz | |||||||||||||
Born | Adjuntas, Puerto Rico | 25 July 1941|||||||||||||
Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||
Weight class | 56 kg | |||||||||||||
Team | National Team | |||||||||||||
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Updated on 12 November 2016. |
Fernando Luis Báez Cruz (born weightlifter, who competed in the 56 kg category and represented Puerto Rico at international competitions.[1] He won the bronze medal in the press at the 1969 World Weightlifting Championships lifting 115.0 kg. He participated at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 56 kg event.[2] He set four bantamweight press world records.
25 July 1941) is a Puerto Rican male formerReferences[]
- ^ "Fernando BAEZ - Olympic Weightlifting | Puerto Rico". International Olympic Committee. 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Fernando Báez" (PDF). iwf.net. pp. 102–125. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
Further reading[]
- Fernando Báez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Fernando Báez at the International Olympic Committee
- All time finalists (Olympic Games)
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