Ramón Solis

Ramón Solis (born 8 July 1960) is a Filipino weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] He has represented the Philippines internationally from 1975 to 1998.[2] He has also competed at the 1998 Asian Games in the men's 105 kg event, although he didn't registered a mark.[3]

Ramón Solis
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1960-07-08) 8 July 1960
Home townCebu, Philippines
Sport
CountryPhilippines
SportWeightlifting
Retired1998
Now coachingHidilyn Diaz

Solis is also the head coach for the Philippine weightlifting team multiple times with his latest tenure as coach starting in August 2019.[2] He has coached the national weightlifting team at the Southeast Asian Games in four occasions with the first being the 2005 edition and [2] the 2019 edition being the last.[4] Among the weightlifters he coached includes Olympian Hidilyn Diaz.[5] He also has coached the varsity weightlifting teams of the University of Cebu[2] and the University of San Jose-Recoletos.[6]

He is also among the coaches involved in the selection of weightlifters that represented that Philippines at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ramón Solis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. Alison, Mars (27 August 2019). "Olympian Solis, 2 other Cebuanos are in PH weightlifting team". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. "Results of Asian Games, 1998". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. Alison, Mars (14 November 2019). "Know some of the Cebuano athletes competing in SEA Games". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Solis hopes ward springs a surprise". Philippine Star. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. "7 lifters make it to PH Universiade team". Manila Standard. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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