He lifted 156 kg in the snatch, beating the previous Pan American Games record.

"[2] He then went on to lift 194 kg in the clean and jerk to win in Rio de Janeiro.

He said of his gold medal "I came to the Pan Am Games as a favorite and, since the beginning, I felt a hard pressure.

"[2] José Ocando of Venezuela took silver with a combined lift 13 kg less than Cambar.

Cambar won the 85 kg silver medals in snatch and clean & jerk during the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival.