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Tim McRae
Timothy McRae (born August 4, 1970) is a former Olympic Games, Olympic Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter for the United States. His coach was Dragomir Cioroslan. He currently coaches Weightlifting at New Smyrna Beach High School. Weightlifting achievements *Olympic Team member (1992 and 1996) *Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerk, and total (1993–1997) On April 24, 2010, he coached the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas Boys Weightlifting team to their first state title in school history. They are the only team in the school to win a state title. Since, New Smyrna Beach Boys Weightlifting have won two more titles (2014, 2015). External linksTim McRae - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange 1970 births Living people American male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the United States Weightlifters at the 1995 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Weightlifting
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 the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead: these are the snatch and the clean and jerk. The ''snatch'' is a wide-grip lift, in which the weighted barbell is lifted overhead in one motion. The ''clean and jerk'' is a combination lift, in which the weight is first taken from the ground to the front of the shoulders (the clean), and then from the shoulders to overhead (the jerk). The clean and press, wherein a clean was followed by an overhead press, was formerly also a competition lift, but was discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form. Each weightlifter gets three attempts at both the snatch and the clean and jerk, with the snatch attempts being done first. An athlete's sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
