Refugee team lifter sets PBs in men’s 102kg eventBristol-based athlete aims to represent Britain in 2028
It is not the most conventional route to the Olympics, but Ramiro Mora Romero’s background as an acrobat at a Blackpool circus added a little sparkle to his first Olympic outing at the South Paris Arena on Saturday.
Mora Romero, a refugee living now in Bristol, lifted personal bests in both the snatch and the clean and jerk in the men’s 102kg category at Paris 2024. He promised that, if given residency in his adopted country, he would get a medal for Britain at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.