Ramiro Mora Romero

Ramiro Mora Romero is a Cuban weightlifter who competed for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

A former member of the Cuban Weightlifting Team, Mora Romero arrived in Great Britain in 2019 as part of a circus group in which he performed as an aerialist before claiming asylum after taking part in a political protest during a visit to Cuba in 2021.
He won the 89 kg title at the 2022 England Championships and the 96 kg category at the 2023 British Championships.
On 1 December 2023, Mora Romero was granted refugee status and received an International Olympic Committee Refugee Scholarship to help fund his training and participation in international competitions.
In May 2024, he was among 36 athletes named in the Refugee Olympic Team for that year's Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where he took part in the 102 kg category, finishing seventh after setting new personal bests in the snatch, clean and jerk and combined total.