Ney López

Ney López
Personal information
Full nameJosé Ney López Benalcázar[1]
NationalityColombian
Born(1929-09-30)30 September 1929
Palmira, Colombia
Died19 August 2025(2025-08-19) (aged 95)
Cali, Colombia
Sport
SportWeightlifting

José Ney López Benalcázar (30 September 1929 – 19 August 2025) was a Colombian weightlifter. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]

López died on 19 August 2025 in Cali, at the age of 95.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "HISTORIA: el pesista Ney López, primer finalista olímpico, hace 55 años" (in Spanish). 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ney López Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. ↑ País, El (19 August 2025). "Luto en el deporte nacional: falleció José Ney López, pionero del levantamiento de pesas en el país". Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ney López". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
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