Alberto Blanco

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Alberto•Blanco Fernández
Used name	Alberto•Blanco
Born	17 February 1950
Measurements	173 cm / 90 kg
NOC	Cuba	CUB

Medals	OG
Gold	0
Silver	0
Bronze	1
Total	1

Biography

Alberto Blanco had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1980 Olympics Sub-Heavyweight class (385.0 kg); 3rd in the 1977 World Championships Middle-Heavyweight class (355.0 kg); 3rd in the 1979 World Championships Sub-Heavyweight class (372.5 kg); 3rd in the 1980 World Championships Sub-Heavyweight class (385.0 kg); 1st in the 1979 Pan-American Games Sub-Heavyweight class (357.5 kg).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1976 Summer Olympics	Weightlifting	CUB			Alberto Blanco
	Middle-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic)		6
1980 Summer Olympics	Weightlifting	CUB			Alberto Blanco
	Heavyweight I, Men (Olympic)		3	Bronze

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (4–2–0 1975 Ciudad de México WLT middle-heavyweight -90 kg gold: snatch, silver: clean & jerk and total; 1979 San Juan WLT first-heavyweight -100 kg gold: clean & jerk, snatch, and total)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games (9–0–0 1974 Santo Domingo WLT middle-heavyweight -90 kg gold: total, snatch, and clean & jerk; 1978 Medellín WLT heavyweight I -100 kg gold: total, snatch, and clean & jerk; 1982 La Habana WLT heavyweight II -110 kg gold: total, snatch, and clean & jerk)