Israel Jose Rubio
Olympic athlete
1981 –
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Who is Israel Jose Rubio?
Israel José Rubio Rivero is a Venezuelan weightlifter.
Rubio originally placed 4th in the men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal when the previous bronze medalist, Leonidas Sampanis, was stripped of his medal following a doping scandal.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 13th in the men's 69kg weightlifting competition, lifting a total of 306 kg.
Was arrested on 25 January in the city of Pescara, Italy, for alleged possession of narcotics.
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