Adrian Kebbe (born 11 August 1958) is a retired Australian
weightlifter
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and
Presbyterian Minister
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.
Kebbe won a
silver medal at the
1978 Commonwealth Games in
Edmonton
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, Canada. Competing in the Lightweight – Overall category, he lifted 267.5 kg. As of 2018, Australia leads in all-time weightlifting medals at the Commonwealth Games, with Kebbe contributing to the
52 silver medals that the nation has won since the sport was added to the games in 1950.
The following year at the
1979 World Weightlifting Championships in
Thessaloniki
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, Greece, Kebbe lifted 117.5 kg in the
snatch and 147.5 kg in the
clean and jerk, but placed 15th and did not medal. (The gold medal in Kebbe's class at that competition went to Bulgarian
Yanko Rusev, who set a then world record with a total of 332.5 kg.)
Since retiring from weightlifting, Kebbe has written a book titled ''The world's best kept secret: the ultimate search for significance and meaning'' (Viva Press, 1997; ) and has worked as a
magician, performing professionally as comedy magician 'Harry Houdidn't'. He is currently the pastor of
Templestowe
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The s ...
Presbyterian
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Church in
Victoria
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Templestowe Presbyterian Church
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References
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1958 births
Living people
Weightlifters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Australian Presbyterians
Australian magicians
Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
20th-century Australian people
Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Place of birth missing (living people)
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