Israel José Rubio

Personal information
Born	11 January 1981
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing  Venezuela Olympic Games 2004 Athens – 62 kg Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara – 69 kg 2003 Santo Domingo – 62 kg South American Games 2010 Medellín – 69 kg

Israel José Rubio Rivero (born 11 January 1981) is a Venezuelan weightlifter.

Rubio originally placed 4th in the men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal when the previous bronze medalist, Leonidas Sampanis, was stripped of his medal following a doping scandal.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics he ranked 13th in the men's 69kg weightlifting competition, lifting a total of 306 kg.^[1]

Rubio was arrested on January 25, 2012, in the city of Pescara, Italy, for alleged possession of narcotics.^[2]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Israel José Rubio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23.

• Israel Rubio at databaseolympics.com
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