Daniel Núñez Aguiar (born 12 September 1958 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban weightlifter.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Cuba
| ||
| Men's weightlifting | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Moscow | -56 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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1978 Gettysburg | -56 kg |
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1980 Moscow | -56 kg |
He won a gold medal in the bantamweight class at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan and at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1]
Núñez set a world record for the snatch at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2]
At the 1983 Pan American Games Núñez and three other lifters were stripped of their medals for use of anabolic steroids.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Profile: Daniel Núñez". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ Official Results[usurped] p. 89 "in weightlifting Daniel Núñez established a snatch world record"
- ^ "4 lifters lose medals for use of steroids". The New York Times. 23 August 1983. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
External links
edit- Daniel Núñez at Lift Up
- Daniel Núñez at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Daniel Núñez at Olympedia
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