RUIZ I VELASCO Marcos

World Championships

Year	Location	105kg - Total	105kg - Snatch	105kg - C&J	109kg - Total	109kg - Snatch	109kg - C&J
2019	Pattaya, THA	-	-	-	13th (388)	13th (173)	14th (215)
2018	Ashgabat, TKM	-	-	-	17th (382)	12th (175)	19th (207)
2017	Anaheim, CA, USA	8th (391)	6th (180)	8th (211)	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	105kg - Total	105kg - Snatch	105kg - C&J	109kg - Total	109kg - Snatch	109kg - C&J
2021	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	4th (400)	5th (180)	3rd (220)
2019	Batumi, GEO	-	-	-	10th (380)	7th (180)	11th (200)
2017	Split, CRO	(---)	5th (175)	(---)	-	-	-

Legend
C&J - Clean & Jerk, (---) - no valid result, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete

Club Halterofilia Molins de Rei [Spain]

David Soria [club]; Matias Fernandez [national], ESP

A knee injury prevented him from competing at the 2018 European Championships in Bucharest, Romania. (practicodeporte.com, 26 Mar 2018)

He took up the sport at age 13 in Molins de Rei, Spain. (fosbury.cat, 04 Jan 2021; elconfidencial.com, 31 Oct 2017)

He used to play football, until a friend convinced him to try weightlifting. "I loved the atmosphere that I found, it was all good vibes and I did not find problems anywhere. I was immediately hooked." (elconfidencial.com, 31 Oct 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (deporteolimpico.net, 02 May 2021)

He trains at the Joaquin Blume High Performance Centre in Madrid, Spain. (elmasfuerte.es, 29 Mar 2021)

Spanish weightlifter Lidia Valentin. (elconfidencial.com, 31 Oct 2017)

"Built, not born." (antena3.com, 24 Nov 2020)