Fernando Báez (weightlifter)
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| Full name | Fernando Luis Báez Cruz | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1941 Adjuntas, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 56 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Team | National Team | ||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 12 November 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Fernando Luis Báez Cruz (born 25 July 1941) is a Puerto Rican male former 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Fernando Báez at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Fernando Báez at Olympics.com
- All time finalists (Olympic Games)
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