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1954 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1954 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from October 7 to October 10, 1954. There were 100 men in action from 23 nations. Medal summary Medal table ReferencesResults(Sport 123)Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics External linksInternational Weightlifting Federation {{World Weightlifting Championships World Weightlifting Championships World Weightlifting Championships The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England. Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categori ... World Weightlifting Championships International weightlifting competitions hosted by Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1953 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from August 26 to August 28, 1953. There were 70 men in action from 19 nations. Medal summary Medal table ReferencesResults(Sport 123)Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics External linksInternational Weightlifting Federation {{World Weightlifting Championships World Weightlifting Championships World Weightlifting Championships The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England. Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categori ... International weightlifting competitions hosted by Sweden World Weightlifting Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Bogdanovsky
Fyodor Fyodorovich Bogdanovsky (russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Богдановский 16 April 1930 – 2 October 2014)Fyodor Bogdanovsky's obituary baltinfo.ru (3 October 2014) was a Soviet weightlifter. Between 1954 and 1959 he won an Olympic gold medal, four European titles, and five silver medals at world championships, losing to either Pete George
Peter T. George (June 29, 1929 – July 27, 2021) was an American Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter and Olympic and World champion. He was later an assistant professor of stomatology. Because of Bulgarian Americans, h ...
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1954 In Weightlifting
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Hölbl
Franz Hölbl (27 December 1927 – 1976) was an Austrian weightlifter. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References External links * 1927 births 1976 deaths Austrian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Austria Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Austrian people {{Austria-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bradford (weightlifter)
James Edward "Jim" Bradford (November 1, 1928 – September 13, 2013) was an American heavyweight weightlifter. He competed at two Olympics (1952 and 1960) and four world championships (1951, 1954, 1955 and 1959) and won silver medals on all occasions. Career Bradford won the AAU heavyweight titles in 1960 and 1961. Ten years prior, he won the AAU Junior Championship in 1950. To his own misfortune, Bradford had to compete against the greatest lifters of all time. At the 1951 World Championships, and 1952 Olympics he placed second to John Davis, in 1954 and 1955 he placed second to Norb Schemansky, and Paul Anderson respectively, and at the 1959 World Championships and 1960 Olympics to Yury Vlasov. Before 1956 Bradford completed his army service. Although he qualified for the 1956 Olympics he chose to stay at home with his pregnant wife. Bradford graduated from Armstrong High School in 1946 and from Howard University in 1974. He then received a master's degree in library scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Schemansky
Norbert "Norb" Schemansky (May 30, 1924 – September 7, 2016) was an American weightlifter. He was the first weightlifter to win four Olympic medals, despite missing the 1956 Summer Olympics due to back problems. He won a silver medal in the 1948 Summer Olympic Games, a gold in the 1952 Summer Olympics and bronzes in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. Biography Schemansky was a three-time world champion and a Pan American and Olympic games gold medalist. During his long weightlifting career (1947–1972) he set 13 official and 11 unofficial world records.Norbert Schemansky @ Lift Up Hall of Fame Chidlovski.net. Retrieved August 2, 2012. On April 28, 1962, at the age of 37 years and 333 days, Schemansky became the oldest man in the history of weightlifting to set an official world reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Emrich
Clyde Emrich (April 6, 1931 – November 10, 2021) was an American Olympic weightlifter. He was also a long-time strength coach for the Chicago Bears, who in 2008 named their weight room after him. He is a member of the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame. Early life and family Emrich was born in Chicago, Illinois. When he was a child, he enjoyed playing football and baseball. He began lifting weights at age 15 where he only weighed 110 pounds standing at 5 foot 6 inches tall. He had no coaching or training so he would turn to Strength and Health magazines for help on strength programs and how to lift. His early start to lifting weights paid off, leading him to win his high school wrestling championship and finishing the 100-yard dash in 10.2 seconds. He had five sisters and one brother. His father worked for the Pittsburgh Glass Company as a salesman. Career Emrich was self-coached throughout his career in weightlifting. He placed eighth in the 181-pound (82.5 kg) weight class on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Sheppard
David Joseph Sheppard (December 12, 1931 in New York City – November 5, 2000) was an American weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 22, 2008). Weightlifting achievements *Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1956). *Silver medalist in Senior World Championship (1951, 1953, 1954, and 1958). *Pan Am Games
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Arkady Vorobyov
Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov (russian: Аркадий Никитич Воробьёв; 3 October 1924 – 22 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian weightlifter, weightlifting coach, scientist and writer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won one bronze and two gold medals. Between 1950 and 1960 he set 16 official world records. Later for many years he led the national team and the Soviet weightlifting program. In 1995 he was inducted into the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame. Biography Vorobyov was born in the village of Mordovo in Tambov Oblast, Russia. During World War II he served in the Soviet Navy on the Black Sea. After the war he worked on the restoration of the Odessa sea port, clearing the mines as a diver. There Vorobyov got acquainted with weightlifting, his first competition being the sea port championship. He later won several world (1953–55, 1957 and 1958) and European titles (1950, 1953–55, 1958) competing in the light-heavyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Debuf
Jean Debuf (31 May 1924 – 6 October 2010) was a French weightlifter. He was born in Bousbecque. He won a bronze medal in the middle heavyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. At the 1948 Summer Olympics he placed fourth in the light heavyweight division, and at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ... he placed fifth. References 1924 births 2010 deaths French male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{France-Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trofim Lomakin
Trofim Fyodorovich Lomakin (russian: Трофим Фёдорович Ломакин, 2 August 1924 – 13 June 1973) was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Trofim Lomakin sports-reference.com He also won two world titles (1957 and 1958) and set five official and five unofficial world records (1953–1960), two in the press, five in the clean and jerk, and three in the total. chidlovski.net Life Lomakin was born to a miner in a remote village in |
Tommy Kono
Tamio "Tommy" Kono (June 27, 1930 – April 24, 2016) was a Japanese American weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s. Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight (149 pounds or 67.5 kilograms), middleweight (165 lb or 75 kg), light-heavyweight (182 lb or 82.5 kg) and middle-heavyweight (198 lb or 90 kg). Early life Kono was born in Sacramento, California, on June 27, 1930. His family was of Japanese descent and were interned at Tule Lake internment camp in 1942 during World War II following the signing of Executive Order 9066. Sickly as a child, the desert air helped Kono's asthma. It was during the relocation that Kono was introduced to weightlifting by neighbors including Noboru "Dave" Shimoda, a member of the Tule Lake weightlifting and bodybuilding club and brother of actor Yuki Shimoda and his friends, Gotoh, Toda and Bob Nakanishi. After 3 years they were released and Kono finished Sacramento High School. He later worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
