Playter Reyes

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full namePlayter•Reyes Medina
Used namePlayter•Reyes
Born16 December 1970 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Barahona (DOM)
Died15 July 2017 in Jarabacoa, La Vega (DOM)
Measurements183 cm / 127 kg
NOC Dominican Republic

Biography

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.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifting DOM Playter Reyes
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) 21

Special Notes