What is Zuray Marcano?
[[File:Zuray Marcano 02.jpg|right|200px]] '''Zuray Marcano Fuenmayor''' (26 May 1954 – 23 August 2020) was a [[Venezuela|Venezuelan]] [[teacher]] and [[Paralympic Games|Paralympic]] [[Powerlifting|powerlifter]]. In 2016, she was a competitor at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Rio Paralympics]] at the age of 62.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 August 2020|title=Zuray Marcano - IPC Athlete Bio|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=515&personid=683475&WinterGames=-1|url-status=live|archive-date=26 May 2022|access-date=|website=ipc.infostradasports.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526124938/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=515&personid=683475&WinterGames=-1}}</ref> She was born in [[El Tigre]], Venezuela. She was paralyzed at an early age due to [[polio]].<ref name=indy62>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/rio-paralympics-2016-zuray-marcano-the-62-year-old-weightlifter-a7228831.html Rio Paralympics 2016: Zuray Marcano, the 62-year-old weightlifter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221065604/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/rio-paralympics-2016-zuray-marcano-the-62-year-old-weightlifter-a7228831.html |date=2018-02-21 }}, Olivia Blair and Charlie Hammans, Tuesday 6 September 2016, The Independent, Retrieved 7 September 2016</ref> Marcano died on 23 August 2020 in [[Maracay]], Venezuela, aged 66.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=24 August 2020|title=World Para Powerlifting sends condolences to family of Zuray Marcano|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/world-para-powerlifting-sends-condolences-family=zuray-marcano|archive-date=|access-date=|website=World Para Powerlifting}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcano, Zuray}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Venezuelan sportspeople]] {{sports-bio-stub}}