John Ceniza
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| Full name | John Febuar Ceniza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Cebu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 61 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | University of Cebu Webmasters[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Febuar Ceniza[2] (born 7 February 1998) is a Filipino weightlifter.[3] He represented the Philippines at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Ceniza is a silver medalist in the men's 55kg category event of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[4]
At the Roma 2020 Weightlifting World Cup, he won a bronze medal in the men's 61 kg category.[5][6]
Ceniza gathered enough Olympic ranking points to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7] Ceniza failed to record any lift in the Snatch in the men's 61 kg category event. He made three attempts at 125 kg.[8] He was still recovering from a shoulder injury at the time.[9]
In October 2025, Ceniza was imposed a two-year ban by the International Weightlifting Federation for failure to report his whearabouts within a 12-month period as part of anti-doping regulations.[10]
