Julio Mayora

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mayora and the second or maternal family name is Pernia.

Julio Mayora

File:Julio Mayora 2019 Pachamama 01.png Mayora in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Julio Ruben Mayora Pernia
Born	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 Maiquetía, Venezuela
Weight	66.63 kg (147 lb)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–73 kg
Medal record Representing Venezuela Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo –73 kg World Championships 2018 Ashgabat –67 kg Pan American Games Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima –73 kg Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago –73 kg Pan American Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Santa Domingo –69 kg Gold medal – first place 2023 Bariloche –73 kg Gold medal – first place 2025 Cali –79 kg Silver medal – second place 2017 Miami –69 kg Silver medal – second place 2020 Santo Domingo –73 kg South American Games Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción –73 kg Central American and Caribbean Games Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla –69 kg Pan American Junior Championships Silver medal – second place 2015 Edmonton –62 kg Youth World Championships Silver medal – second place 2013 Tashkent –56 kg

Julio Rubén Mayora Pernia (born 2 September 1996) is a Venezuelan weightlifter, Olympian, Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 69 kg category until 2018 and the 67 kg and 73 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

Career

He participated at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, winning a bronze medal with a 322 kg total. At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he won a silver medal in the 73 kg category, and dedicated it to Hugo Chávez.

In August 2024, Mayora competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 152 kg in the Snatch and placed fifth provisionally, but he failed all three attempts in Clear & Jerk.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2020	Tokyo, Japan	73 kg	150	154	156	—	186	190	198	—	346	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024	Paris, France	73 kg	152	156	156	—	188	188	192	—	DNF	—
World Championships
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	67 kg	144	147	151	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	175	178	179	5	322	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	73 kg	147	152	157	8	185	191	192	6	337	6
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	73 kg	148	150	153	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	73 kg	147	150	150	7	183	187	187	6	333	4
IWF World Cup
2024	Phuket, Thailand	73 kg	147	151	151	12	183	185	188	7	339	8
Pan American Games
2019	Lima, Peru	73 kg	152	155	157	—	185	194	197	—	349	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023	Santiago, Chile	73 kg	147	151	154	—	182	184	188	—	342	1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2014	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	62 kg	115	118	121	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	135	135	140	8	258	6
2017	Miami, United States	69 kg	135	140	143	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	168	172	179	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	315	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	69 kg	140	145	145	1st place, gold medalist(s)	171	177	180	1st place, gold medalist(s)	325	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	73 kg	145	150	156	1st place, gold medalist(s)	185	189	189	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	341	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023	Bariloche, Argentina	73 kg	142	148	148	1st place, gold medalist(s)	180	184	188	1st place, gold medalist(s)	332	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024	Caracas, Venezuela	73 kg	147	151	154	1st place, gold medalist(s)	184	184	184	—	—	—
2025	Cali, Colombia	79 kg	150	155	158	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	188	193	199	1st place, gold medalist(s)	357	1st place, gold medalist(s)