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Álvaro Velasco (weightlifter)

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Álvaro Velasco
Personal information
BornMarch 3, 1971
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg – 85 kg
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana – 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata – 76 kg

Álvaro Augusto Velasco Alzate (born March 3, 1971) is a retired male weightlifter from Colombia, who thrice won a medal for his native South American country at the Pan American Games: in 1991, 1995 and 1999. He twice competed at the Summer Olympics (1992 and 1996), finishing in 12th place in the men's middleweight division in Atlanta, Georgia (1996).

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