Mario Martinez (weightlifter)
Encyclopedia
Mario Alvarez Martinez was an Olympic
weightlifter for the United States
. His coach was Jim Schmitz.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
weightlifter for the United States
United States
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. His coach was Jim Schmitz.
Weightlifting achievements
- Silver Medalist in Olympic Games (1984)
- Olympic Games team member (1984, 1988, and 1992)
- Silver Medalist in Senior World Championships (1984)
- Pan Am Games Champion (1987)
- Silver Medalist in Pan Am Games (1991)
- Bronze Medalist in Pan Am Games (1995)
- Senior National Champion (1982-1989, 1992, and 1992)
- Senior American record holder in snatchSnatch (weightlifting)The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
, clean and jerkClean and jerkThe clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
, and total (1972-1992)