Ramón Solis Explained

Ramón Solis
Birth Date:8 July 1960
Birth Place:Cebu, Philippines
Country:Philippines
Sport:Weightlifting
Retired:1998
Coaching:Hidilyn Diaz, Elreen Ando
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Ramón Solis (born 8 July 1960) is a Filipino weightlifter. He has represented the Philippines internationally from 1975 to 1998.[1] He won several medals in the Southeast Asian Games from 1977 to 1997. He won gold medals in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1991 in the Southeast Asian Games. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] He has also competed at the 1998 Asian Games in the men's 105 kg event.[3]

Solis is also the head coach for the Philippine weightlifting team multiple times with his latest tenure as coach starting in August 2019.[1] He has coached the national weightlifting team at the Southeast Asian Games in four occasions with the first being the 2005 edition and [1] the 2019 edition being the last.[4] Among the weightlifters he coached includes Olympians Hidilyn Diaz and Elreen Ando.[5] He also has coached the varsity weightlifting teams of the University of Cebu[1] and the University of San Jose-Recoletos.[6]

He is also among the coaches involved in the selection of weightlifters that represented that Philippines at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Alison . Mars . Olympian Solis, 2 other Cebuanos are in PH weightlifting team . 29 January 2020 . Cebu Daily News . 27 August 2019.
  2. Ramón Solis Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/ramon-solis-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 24 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Results of Asian Games, 1998 . International Weightlifting Federation . 29 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010217054926/http://www.iwf.net/asian_games.html . 17 February 2001.
  4. News: Alison . Mars . Know some of the Cebuano athletes competing in SEA Games . 29 January 2020 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 14 November 2019.
  5. News: Solis hopes ward springs a surprise . 29 January 2020 . Philippine Star . 10 August 2008.
  6. News: 7 lifters make it to PH Universiade team . 29 January 2020 . Manila Standard . 14 February 2017.