Nelson Castro (weightlifter)
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Nelson Castro Velásquez (born March 29, 1974, in Roldanillo, Valle del Cauca) is a retired weightlifter from Colombia, who competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He twice won a medal at the Pan American Games in the Men's Flyweight (– 56 kg) division.
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Valle del Cauca Department
- Colombian male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Colombia
- Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Weightlifters at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games weightlifters for Colombia
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games gold medalists in weightlifting
- Pan American Games silver medalists in weightlifting
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- 20th-century Colombian sportsmen