Daniel Núñez
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Cuba
| ||
| Men's weightlifting | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1980 Moscow | -56 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| | 1978 Gettysburg | -56 kg |
| | 1980 Moscow | -56 kg |
Daniel Núñez (born 12 September 1958 in Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban weightlifter.
He won a gold medal in the bantamweight class at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan and at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1]
Núñez set a world record for the snatch at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2]
At the 1983 Pan American Games Núñez and three other lifters were stripped of their medals for use of anabolic steroids.[3]
References
- ↑ "Profile: Daniel Núñez". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ↑ Official Results p. 89 "in weightlifting Daniel Núñez established a snatch world record"
- ↑ "4 lifters lose medals for use of steroids". The New York Times. 23 August 1983. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
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