Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Playter•Reyes Medina |
Used name | Playter•Reyes |
Born | 16 December 1970 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Barahona (DOM) |
Died | 15 July 2017 in Jarabacoa, La Vega (DOM) |
Measurements | 183 cm / 127 kg |
NOC | Dominican Republic |
Playter Reyes, who competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was the first well-known heavyweight Dominican weightlifter. He won bronze medals as a super-heavyweight at the 1999 and 2003 Pan American Games, and won six bronze medals in weightlifting at the 1993 and 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games. Reyes became a weightlifting coach in the Dominican Republic, coaching the national team. He died quite young from a heart attack.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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2000 Summer Olympics | Weightlifting | DOM | Playter Reyes | |||
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | 21 |