| Ramiro Mora Romero | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| 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]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=60 | 1 | width=60 | 2 | width=60 | 3 | width=45 | Rank | width=60 | 1 | width=60 | 2 | width=60 | 3 | width=45 | Rank |
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | Paris, France | 161 | 166 | 201 | 206 | 210 | 376 | 7 | |||||||
| IWF World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Phuket, Thailand | 102 kg | 157 | 162 | 18 | 197 | — | — | 20 | 359 | 18 | |||||