Ab Oord (21 December 1885 – 3 August 1961) was a Dutch

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 competed in the men's heavyweight event at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

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* 1885 births 1961 deaths Dutch male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Netherlands Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gorinchem 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-weightlifting-bio-stub