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1979 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1979 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Thessaloniki, Greece from November 3 to November 11, 1979. There were 189 men in action from 39 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 ... International weightlifting competitions hosted by Greece World Weightlifting Championships Sports competitions in Thessaloniki 1979 in weightlifting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capital city, capital of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, the administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek language, Greek as (), literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the () or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople. Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the delta of the Vardar, Axios. The Thessaloniki (municipality), municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical center, had a population of 317,778 in 2021, while the Thessaloniki metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Zhifang (weightlifter)
Zhang Zhifang () (died January 23, 881?Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter ''Zizhi Tongjian'', :zh:s:資治通鑑/卷254, vol. 254.) was a Chinese military general of the late Tang dynasty. Succeeding his father Zhang Zhongwu, he briefly ruled Lulong Circuit (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing) as its military governor (''Jiedushi'') in ''de facto'' independence from the imperial government, but fearing a mutiny, he fled to the imperial capital Chang'an and thereafter served as an imperial general. During Huang Chao's rebellion against Emperor Xizong of Tang, Emperor Xizong, Zhang surrendered to Huang Chao's Qi state but plotted to undermine it; when this was discovered, Qi executed him. Background It is not known when Zhang Zhifang was born. He was a son of Zhang Zhongwu, who had se ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blagoy Blagoev
Blagoy Blagoev ( bg, Благой Благоев; born 4 December 1956) is a retired Bulgarian weightlifter. Between 1976 and 1984 he claimed seven gold and five silver medals at the Summer Olympics and World and European championships. He set 18 world records. 13 of them were in the snatch. His last snatch world record was 195.5 kg in the 90 kg weight class, set on 1 May 1983 in Varna and remains the heaviest weight ever snatched by a middle heavyweight. Blagoev was a two time Olympian. He represented his native country Bulgaria at the Summer Olympics in Montreal (1976) and in Moscow (1980). He won a silver Olympic medal in the light heavyweight 1980. Blagoy Blagoev competed in the 82.5 kg and 90 kg weight classes. He was a 3x World Champion (1981, 1982, 1983) in the middle heavyweight. He won 4 gold European medals – as a light heavyweight in 1979 and as a middle heavyweight in 1981-1983. Blagoev also won three consecutive World Cups in Varna, Bulgaria in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Negwer
Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder * Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car driver * Jürgen Arndt, East German rower *Jürgen Aschoff (1913–1998), German physician and biologist B *Jürgen Barth (born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver *Jürgen Bartsch (1946–1976), German serial killer *Jürgen von Beckerath (1920–2016), German Egyptologist *Jürgen Berghahn (born 1960), German politician * Jürgen Bertow (born 1950), East German rower *Jürgen Blin (born 1943), West German boxer * Jürgen Bogs (born 1947), German football manager *Jürgen Brähmer (born 1978), German boxer * Jürgen Bräuninger, South African composer and professor *Jürgen Budday (born 1948), German conductor C * Jürgen Cain Külbel (born 1956), German journalist and investigator *Jürgen Chrobog (born 1940), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Yordan Mitkov
Yordan Mitkov ( bg, Йордан Митков, born April 3, 1956) is a former Bulgarian weightlifter. He was born in Asenovgrad. Mitkov became Olympic champion in 1976 in the middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ... class.Profile: "Yordan Mitkov" - ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on December 31, 2007) - (Retrieved on December 31, 2007) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nedelcho Kolev
Nedelcho Lazarov Kolev ( bg, Неделчо Лазаров Колев, born 26 March 1953 in Kableshkovo) is a Bulgarian Olympic, European and World Weightlifting Champion. He had success at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and won 6 gold medals at the world championships in Manila and Havana, Cuba. He has worked as chief coach for the national teams of Bulgaria, Bahrain, India, Thailand and Indonesia. From 1965 to 1980 he competed only for CSKA Sofia club. His coaches were Angel Akrabov and Zdravko Koev. In the national team of Bulgaria was trained by Ivan Abadzhiev. Kolev has won a total of 29 medals from the Olympic Games, World and European Championships in total, snatch and clean and jerk - 11 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze. He has set 16 world records - 11 for men and 5 for juniors. He was elected Athlete of the Year of Bulgaria for 1973. Kolev is the father of singer Ruth Koleva Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Yao Jingyuan
Yao Jingyuan (; born 1958 in Yingkou, Liaoning) is a male Chinese weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift .... He won a gold medal at 1984 Olympic Games in men's 67.5 kg. References China Daily.com 1958 births Living people Chinese male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for China Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters from Liaoning People from Yingkou Weightlifters at the 1982 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 20th-century Chinese people {{PRC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Senet
Daniel Senet (born June 26, 1953 in Amiens) is a French weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal."1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Weightlifting" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 2, 2008) – (Retrieved on March 2, 2008) He finished 4th at the in Moscow
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Joachim Kunz
Joachim Kunz (born 9 February 1959) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stollberg. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he won a silver medal in the class. He won gold at the 1981 and 1983 World Championships. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul he won a gold medal in the class. As of 2008, Kunz is head of German instant soup Instant soup is a type of soup designed for fast and simple preparation. Some are homemade, and some are mass-produced on an industrial scale and treated in various ways to preserve them. A wide variety of types, styles and flavors of instant soup ... manufacturer ''Suppina''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunz, Joachim 1959 births Living people People from Stollberg German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Weightl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
