{{Short description|Venezuelan weightlifter (born 1996)}} {{family name hatnote|Mayora|Pernia|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Julio Mayora | fullname = Julio Ruben Mayora Pernia | image = Julio Mayora 2019 Pachamama 01.png | caption = Mayora in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|9|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Maiquetía, Venezuela <!---| residence = Barrio 19 de abril, Venezuela--> | height = | weight = 66.63 kg | country = {{VEN}} | sport = Weightlifting | event = {{ubl|73 kg|79 kg}} | club = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{VEN}}}} {{Medal|Sport|Men's weightlifting}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2020 Tokyo|73 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Ashgabat|67 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2019 Lima|73 kg}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Santiago|73 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Santa Domingo|69 kg}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Bariloche|73 kg}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Cali|79 kg}} {{Medal|Silver|2017 Miami|69 kg}} {{Medal|Silver|2020 Santo Domingo|73 kg}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Panama City|79 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|South American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Asunción|73 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Barranquilla|69 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Youth World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2013 Tashkent|56 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2015 Edmonton|62 kg}} }} '''Julio Rubén Mayora Pernia''' (born 2 September 1996) is a Venezuelan weightlifter, Olympian,<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Profile|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n1325720-mayora-pernia-julio-ruben.htm|work=Tokyo 2020|accessdate=28 July 2021|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001193027/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n1325720-mayora-pernia-julio-ruben.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/protocols/M67A.pdf 2018 World Weightlifting Championships −67 kg results]</ref> At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he won a silver medal in the 73 kg category,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article253083218.html|title=China's Shi breaks own record to win weightlifting gold|work=Charlotte Observer|accessdate=28 July 2021}}</ref> and dedicated it to Hugo Chávez.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/ciclo-olimpico/venezuela-pesista-le-dedica-medalla-a-hugo-chavez-606917|title='Esta medalla se la regalo a Hugo Chávez': pesista venezolano|newspaper=El Tiempo|date=29 July 2021 |language=es|quote=Darle un feliz cumpleaños a Hugo Chávez. De verdad que el regalo de esta medalla de plata es para el presidente Hugo Chávez}}</ref>
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 Clean & Jerk.
==Major results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=65 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank |- ! width=65 | 1 ! width=65 | 2 ! width=65 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank ! width=65 | 1 ! width=65 | 2 ! width=65 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank |- ! colspan=13 | Olympic Games |- | 2020 || align=left | Tokyo, Japan || 73 kg || 150 || 154 || '''156''' || {{n/a}} || 186 || '''190''' || <s>198</s> || {{n/a}} || '''346''' || {{silver2}} |- | 2024 || align=left | Paris, France || 73 kg || '''152'''|| <s>156</s>|| <s>156</s> || {{n/a}} || <s>188</s>|| <s>188</s>|| <s>192</s> || {{n/a}} || {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} || — |- ! colspan=13 | World Championships |- | 2018 || align=left | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan || 67 kg || 144 || '''147''' || <s>151</s> || {{bronze3}} || '''175''' ||<s>178</s> || <s>179</s> || 5 || '''322''' || {{bronze3}} |- | 2019 || align=left | Pattaya, Thailand || 73 kg || 147 || '''152''' || <s>157</s> || 8 || '''185''' || <s>191</s> || <s>192</s> || 6 || '''337''' || 6 |- | 2022 || align=left | Bogotá, Colombia || 73 kg || <s>148</s> || <s>150</s> || <s>153</s> || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- | 2023 || align=left | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia || 73 kg || 147|| <s>150</s> || '''150''' || 7 || '''183''' || <s>187</s> || <s>187</s> || 6 || '''333''' || 4 |- ! colspan=13|IWF World Cup |- |2024 || align=left| Phuket, Thailand || 73 kg || 147 || <s>151</s> || '''151''' || 12 || 183 || 185 || '''188''' || 7 || '''339''' || 8 |- ! colspan=13|Pan American Games |- |2019 || align=left| Lima, Peru || 73 kg || 152 || '''155''' || <s>157</s> || {{n/a}} || 185 || '''194''' || <s>197</s> || {{n/a}} || '''349''' ||{{Gold1}} |- | 2023 || align=left | Santiago, Chile || 73 kg || 147 ||151 || '''154''' || {{n/a}} || 182 || 184 || '''188''' || {{n/a}} || '''342''' || {{Gold1}} |- ! colspan=13 | Pan American Championships |- | 2014 || align=left | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic || 62 kg || 115 || '''118''' || <s>121</s> || {{bronze3}} || <s>135</s> || 135 || '''140''' || 8 || '''258''' || 6 |- | 2017 || align=left | Miami, United States || 69 kg || 135 || 140 || '''143''' || {{silver2}} || 168 || '''172''' || <s>179</s> || {{silver2}} || '''315''' || {{silver2}} |- | 2018 || align=left | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic || 69 kg || 140 || <s>145</s> || '''145''' || {{gold1}} || 171 || 177 || '''180''' || {{gold1}} || '''325''' || {{gold1}} |- | 2020 || align=left | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic || 73 kg || 145 || 150 || '''156''' || {{gold1}} || '''185''' || <s>189</s> || <s>189</s>|| {{silver2}} || '''341''' || {{silver2}} |- | 2023 || align=left | Bariloche, Argentina || 73 kg || 142 || <s>148</s> || '''148''' || {{gold1}} || 180 || '''184''' || <s>188</s> || {{gold1}} || '''332''' || {{gold1}} |- | 2024 || align=left | Caracas, Venezuela || 73 kg || 147 || 151 || '''154''' || {{gold1}} || <s>184</s> || <s>184</s> || <s>184</s> || — || — || — |- |2025 || align=left | Cali, Colombia || 79 kg || 150 || 155 || '''158''' || {{silver02}} || 188 || 193 || '''199''' || {{gold01}} || '''357''' ||{{gold01}} |}
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