Ramón Solis

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Ramón Solis
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1960-07-08) 8 July 1960 (age 61)
Home townCebu, Philippines
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportWeightlifting
Retired1998
Now coachingHidilyn Diaz

Ramón Solis (born 8 July 1960) is a Filipino weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] He has represented the Philippines internationally from 1975 to 1998.[2] He has also competed at the 1998 Asian Games in the men's 105 kg event, although he didn't registered a mark.[3]

Solis is also the head coach for the Philippine weightlifting team multiple times with his latest tenure as coach starting in August 2019.[2] He has coached the national weightlifting team at the Southeast Asian Games in four occasions with the first being the 2005 edition and [2] the 2019 edition being the last.[4] Among the weightlifters he coached includes Olympian Hidilyn Diaz.[5] He also has coached the varsity weightlifting teams of the University of Cebu[2] and the University of San Jose-Recoletos.[6]

He is also among the coaches involved in the selection of weightlifters that represented that Philippines at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ramón Solis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Alison, Mars (27 August 2019). "Olympian Solis, 2 other Cebuanos are in PH weightlifting team". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Results of Asian Games, 1998". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ Alison, Mars (14 November 2019). "Know some of the Cebuano athletes competing in SEA Games". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Solis hopes ward springs a surprise". Philippine Star. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "7 lifters make it to PH Universiade team". Manila Standard. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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