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World Record Progression Men's Weightlifting (1993–1997)
This is the list of world records progression in men's weightlifting from 1993 and 1997. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation restructured its weight classes in 1993, nullifying earlier records and again in 1998 and 2018. 54 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 59 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 64 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 70 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 76 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 83 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 91 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 99 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total 108 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total +108 kg Snatch Clean & jerk Total See also * World record progression men's weightlifting * World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018) This is a list of world records progression in Olympic weightlifting, men's weightlifting from 1998 to 2018. These records are maintained in each O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Weightlifting
Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead. The ''Snatch (weightlifting), 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 over the head (the ''jerk''). The sport formerly included a third lift/event known as clean and press. Each weightlifter gets three attempts at both the snatch and the clean and jerk, with the snatch attempted first. An athlete's score is the combined total of the highest successfully-lifted weight in kilograms for each lift. Athletes compete in various we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 54 Kg
The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ... from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 54 kg division was staged on 6 December 1997. Medalists Records Results New records ReferencesWeightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 8 {{DEFAULTSORT:1997 World Weightlifting Championships - Men's 54 kg 1997 World Weightlifting Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1995 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Guangzhou, China from November 16 to November 26, Medal summary Men Women 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 links *http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/start.php {{World Weightlifting Championships W World Weightlifting Championships The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition, currently held annually (except for years of the Summer Olympic Games) by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The predecessor organization of the I ... World Weightlifting Championships International weightlifting competitions hosted by China November 1995 sports events in China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerios Leonidis
Valerios Leonidis (; born 14 February 1966) is a Greek former Olympic medalist weightlifter and current weightlifting trainer. He has won Olympic silver medal at 1996 Atlanta Olympic games in 64 kg division. Also two silver and one bronze World Championship medals. He has competed in different weight classes from 60 kg to 69 kg. His rivalry with world-record holder Naim Süleymanoğlu in the men's 64 kg was a very popular part of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, in which he won the silver medal. Leonidis was born in Yessentuki, Russia, to a Pontic Greek family. He was a member of the national weightlifting team of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1990 and he moved to Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ... in 1991. He was named the 1994 Greek Male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szekszárd
Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; ; or ; ) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area, it is the second-smallest (after Tatabánya). Location Szekszárd lies at the meeting point of the Transdanubian Mountains, Transdanubian Hills and the Alföld, Great Hungarian Plain, at the mouth of Sió into the flood plain of Danube. Etymology The Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names, somewhat differently from the above, derives the name of the locality from the old Hungarian colour name szegszár (sötétsárga, brownish yellow), which could have become a personal name with the diminutive -d and thus could have been a predecessor of the town name. History Szekszárd was first mentioned in 1015. The Benedictine monastery of the town was founded by King Béla I of Hungary, Béla I in 1061. During the reign of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King Matthias, Szekszárd w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Czanka
Attila Czanka (born 1 May 1969) is a Romanian weightlifter. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the featherweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ..., representing Hungary. Major results References External links * * * * 1969 births Living people Romanian male weightlifters Hungarian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Romania Olympic weightlifters for Hungary Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Romanian sportsmen 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naim Süleymanoğlu
Naim Süleymanoğlu (; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Bulgarian Turks, Turkish Olympic weightlifting, Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting Championships, World Weightlifting champion and a three-time List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting, Olympic gold medalist who set 51 world records. At 147 cm in height, Süleymanoğlu's short stature and great strength led to him being nicknamed "Pocket Hercules". He is widely considered as one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters of all time, with many calling him the best pound-for-pound weightlifter in the history of weightlifting. At the Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics, Süleymanoğlu set multiple world records in the featherweight division in the Snatch (weightlifting), snatch, clean and jerk, and total. Following the 1988 Summer Olympics, he made the cover of ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine. Süleymanoğlu went on to win Olympic gold in 1992 and 1996. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 59 Kg
These are the results of the men's 59 kg competition in weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 20 athletes competed in the event. Results Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and 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 rest ... lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 307.5 kg. References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 59 Kg 059 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tang Lingsheng
Tang Lingsheng (born 1971 in Lingui, Guangxi) is a male Chinese weightlifter. Major performances *1989 National Junior Games - 3rd 56 kg (262.5 kg); *1991 National Inter-city Games - 2nd 60 kg (280 kg); *1992 National Championships - 3rd 60 kg (295 kg); *1993 World Championships - 3rd 59 kg (292.5 kg); *1994 Asian Games - 2nd 59 kg *1995 Asian Championships - Winning three titles and breaking an AR; *1995 World Championships - 1st 59 kg 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 rest ...; *1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - 1st 59 kg (WR); References China Daily 1971 births Living people Chinese male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for China Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Pešalov
Nikolay Peshalov (; born on May 30, 1970) is a Bulgarians in Croatia, Bulgarian-born Croatian Olympic Games, Olympic and World former champion in Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting. During his long and successful career, Pešalov was World champion eight times in various categories and disciplines, and broke several world records. His Olympic medals are split between Bulgaria at the Summer Olympics, Bulgaria (Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 and Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996) and Croatia at the Summer Olympics, Croatia (Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 and Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004). In 2000 he was granted Croatian citizenship, and he now holds besides Bulgarian passport, Bulgarian, a Croatian passport. He resides in both Sofia and Split, Croatia, Split. Further achievements * Senior world champion (1990, 1993, 1994); * Silver medalist in Senior World Championships (1989 and 1998); * Bronze medalist in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafız Süleymanoğlu
Hafız Süleymanoğlu (born January 23, 1967), formerly known as Hafız Süleymanov, is a retired Turkish weightlifter of Azerbaijani origin competing in bantamweight and featherweight divisions. He held world and European champion titles. Career He started weightlifting at the age of 15 in Azerbaijan. In 1985, he was admitted to the national team of the Soviet Union. He earned European and world champion titles in juniors category. In 1989, Hafız Süleymanov became world and European champion in seniors category for the Soviet Union. After his participation at the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships, he defected from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and immigrated to Turkey. He earned his first medal for Turkey in gold in the -56 kg snatch division at the 1990 World Weightlifting Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Unfortunately, he broke his arm during the clean and jerk session. He received various medals in world and European championships, and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
