| Ramiro Mora Romero | |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1997[1] |
| Birth Place: | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Weight Class: | 89 kg, 96 kg, 102 kg |
Ramiro Mora Romero (born 29 August 1997) is a Cuban weightlifter who competed for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
A former member of the Cuban Weightlifting Team,[2] Mora Romero arrived in Great Britain in 2019 as part of a circus group in which he performed as an aerialist before claiming asylum after taking part in a political protest during a visit to Cuba in 2021.[3]
He won the 89 kg title at the 2022 England Championships[4] and the 96 kg category at the 2023 British Championships.[5]
On 1 December 2023, Mora Romero was granted refugee status and received an International Olympic Committee Refugee Scholarship to help fund his training and participation in international competitions.[6]
In May 2024, he was among 36 athletes named in the Refugee Olympic Team for that year's Summer Olympics in Paris, France,[6] [7] [8] where he took part in the 102 kg category,[2] finishing seventh after setting new personal bests in the snatch, clean and jerk and combined total.[9] [10]