Roberto Urrutia
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Roberto Antonio Urrutia HerdezTemplate:Family name footnote (born December 7, 1957 died 6 December 2024), known as Tony Urrutia, was a Cuban-American Olympic weightlifter.[1] He later defected to, and competed for, the United States.[2][3]
Weightlifting achievements
- Senior world champion (1977–1979).[4]
- Olympic team member (Cuban Team 1976; U.S.A. Team 1988 and 1992).
- Pan Am Games champion (1975 and 1979).
- Bronze[5] medalist in Pan Am Games (1987).
- Senior national champion (1987–1989, 1991, and 1992).
- Set six world records during career.
- All-time senior American record holder in clean and jerk and total.
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- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in weightlifting
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