Venezuela At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Venezuela competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Weightlifter Israel José Rubio won the nation's first medal of these Games when he placed third in the 62 kg class. It was Venezuela's eighth medal in Olympic history, but the first since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
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