1978 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1978 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States from October 4 to October 8, 1978. There were 185 men in action from 35 nations. Medal summary Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) ReferencesResults(Sport 123)Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics External linksInternational Weightlifting Federation {{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 categorie ... World Weightlifting Championships International weightlifting competitions hosted by the United States 1978 in weightlifting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg (; non-locally ) is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town. Gettysburg is home to the Gettysburg National Military Park, where the Battle of Gettysburg was largely fought; the Battle of Gettysburg had the most casualties of any Civil War battle but was also considered the turning point in the war, leading to the Union's ultimate victory. As of the 2020 census, the borough had a population of 7,106 people. History Early history In 1761, Irishman Samuel Gettys settled at the Shippensburg-Baltimore and Philadelphia-Pittsburgh crossroads, in what was then western York County, and established a tavern frequented by soldiers and traders. In 1786, the borough boundary was established, with the Dobbin House tavern (established in 1776) sitting in the southwest. As early as 1790, a movement seeking to split off the western ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Takashi Saito (weightlifter)
is a Japanese weightlifter. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1953 births Living people Japanese male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Japan Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Weightlifters at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in weightlifting World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Wenzel (weightlifter)
Peter Wenzel (born 15 April 1952) is a retired East German weightlifter who won a bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... Between 1973 and 1979 he won a medal at every world championship, including a gold in 1975. References 1952 births Living people German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for East Germany East German male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Germany-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vardan Militosyan
Vardan Militosyan ( hy, Վարդան Միլիտոսյան, 8 June 1950 – 29 April 2015) was a Soviet Armenian former weightlifter. He was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1976. Early life Born in Leninakan, Armenian SSR (now Gyumri, Armenia), a city famous for its world class weightlifters, Militosyan took up weightlifting in 1964 under the guidance of Hakob Faradzhyana and joined the Soviet national team in 1975. Career A year after joining the Soviet weightlifting team, Militosyan won a gold medal at the 1976 European Weightlifting Championships and a silver medal at the 1976 World Weightlifting Championships. Militosyan repeated his success in 1978, becoming a two-time European Champion. The Soviet team chose Militosyan to compete at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won an Olympic silver medal. Militosyan became the first weightlifter from Armenia to win an Olympic medal. He left the Soviet national team in 1979. Militosyan set four ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julio Echenique
Julio Echenique (born 27 May 1959) is a Cuban weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1959 births Living people Cuban male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Cuba Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pinar del Río World Weightlifting Championships medalists Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Weightlifters at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roberto Urrutia
Roberto Antonio Urrutia Herdez (born December 7, 1957), known as Tony Urrutia, was a Cuban-American Olympic weightlifter. He later defected to, and competed for, the United States. Weightlifting achievements * Senior world champion (1977–1979). * Olympic team member (Cuban Team 1976; U.S.A. Team 1988 and 1992). * Pan Am Games champion (1975 and 1979). * BronzeWilbon, Michael (1987-08-12). "Defector Urrutia Earns a Bronze In Weightlifting". The Washington Post. medalist in Pan Am Games (1987). * Senior national champion (1987–1989, 1991, and 1992). * Set five world records during career. * All-time senior American record holder in clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ... and total. Notes References External links * 1957 births Liv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Günter Ambraß
Günter Ambraß (born 16 September 1955) is a retired East German weightlifter who competed in the lightweight category. He won one silver and two bronze medals at three world and European championships in 1978, 1979 and 1980. He finished in fourth and fifth place at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. References 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Chemnitz People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of East Germany Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{Germany-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter)
Zbigniew Tadeusz Kaczmarek (31 July 1946 – 15 May 2023) was a Polish weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to test for anabolic steroids Anabolic steroids, also known more properly as anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), are steroidal androgens that include natural androgens like testosterone as well as synthetic androgens that are structurally related and have similar effects t ..., he won the gold medal but tested positive for said substances and therefore was disqualified for doping. He was stripped of his gold medal and suspended. Kaczmarek died on 15 May 2023, at the age of 76. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Virgil Dociu
Virgil Dociu (born 3 December 1953) is a Romanian weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1953 births Living people Romanian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Romania Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bucharest World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Romanian people {{Romania-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yanko Rusev
Yanko Rusev ( bg, Янко Русев, born 1 December 1958) is a former Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria. In 1993 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame. He was named the 1981 Athlete of the Year for Bulgaria. In 2019 he was awarded the highest state award of Bulgaria in the field of sport - the Wreath of the winner. Early life He was born on December 1, 1958 in Ivanski, Shumen. At 15, he attempted to enter the sport school "Olympian Hopes" () in Sofia, but was turned down on the grounds that he was a "hopeless" weightlifter. Training Rusev first began training for soccer and wrestling. Afterwards, he took an interest in weightlifting. During his education at 19, Ivan Abadzhiev noticed him, and soon Rusev was weightlifting in the world games at Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''St ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mario Villalobo
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the '' Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of '' Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |