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Figueroa Earns Colombia’s First Medal of the 2016 Rio Games

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2016 Rio Games

Oscar Figueroa is ending his career at the top of his game…

Oscar Figueroa

Competing in his fourth Olympics, the 33-year-old Colombian weightlifter clinched a gold medal with a total of 318kg (142kg snatch and 176kg clean and jerk) in the Men’s 62 kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Rio Games.

After his final attempt, Figueroa removed his shoes and placed them down on the platform, indicating his immediate retirement from competition.

Oscar Figueroa

Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia won the silver with a total of 312kg (687.8 lbs). Farkhad Kharki of Kazakstan earns the bronze with a total of 305kg (672.4 lbs).

Figueroa had previously won the silver medal in the same category at the 2012 London Games.

Figueroa Picks Up an Olympic Silver Medal in Weightlifting

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Talk about an Olympic-size comeback…

Following his heartbreaking showing at the 2008 Beijing Games, Óscar Figueroa returned to Olympic competition in tip-top shape to claim his first medal.

Oscar Figueroa

Competing in his third Olympics, the 29-year-old Colombian weightlifter—who left the 2008 Olympic Games empty handed due to a hand injury—won the silver medal in the men’s 62 kg weightlifting event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, placing behind North Korean Kim Un Guk.

Figueroa claimed the shock silver with a total of 317kg (140, 177), his clean and jerk setting a new Olympic record.

Oscar Figueroa

Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia took bronze.

In Beijing, Figueroa failed to make a lift in the snatch category, after an injury to his right hand prevented him from getting a firm grip.He left the games with DNF on the board and his trials and tribulations were broadcast around the world.

According to Australia’s Seven Network Olympics coverage at the time, Figueroa had earlier had an injection to his right hand which reportedly resulted in a loss of feeling.