Abel López

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Abel•López Arozarena
Used name	Abel•López
Born	25 March 1947 in La Habana (Havana), Ciudad de La Habana	CUB
Measurements	170 cm / 83 kg
NOC	Cuba	CUB

Biography

Abel López won silver in the middleweight class (-75 kg) at the 1971 Pan American Games as well as gold in the light-heavyweight class (-82.5 kg) at the 1975 Pan American Games.

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1968 Summer Olympics	Weightlifting	CUB			Abel López
	Middleweight, Men (Olympic)		15
1972 Summer Olympics	Weightlifting	CUB			Abel López
	Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic)		DNF

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (2–5–0 1971 Cali WLT middleweight -75 kg gold: snatch, silver: clean & jerk, press, and total; 1975 Ciudad de México WLT light-heavyweight -82.5 kg gold: clean & jerk, silver: snatch and total)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games (4–0–0 1970 Panamá WLT middleweight -75 kg gold: total, press, snatch, and clean & jerk)