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Jourdan Elizabeth Delacruz (/ ˈ dʒ ɔːr d ən ˈ d ɛ l ə k r uː z / JOR-dən DEL-ə-krooz; born May 20, 1998) [1] [2] is an American weightlifter.She is a bronze medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships and a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships.
Süleymanoğlu is the first and only weightlifter to have snatched 2.5 times his body weight and also is the second of only seven lifters to date to clean and jerk three times his body weight. [19] [failed verification] He is the only weightlifter to date to clean and jerk 10 kilos more than triple his bodyweight. [20] [21]
Strongman is often incorrectly used to describe a person who does powerlifting, weightlifting or bodybuilding. Due to the circus and entertainment background, nineteenth-century bodybuilders were expected to mingle with the crowd during intermission and perform strength feats like card tearing, nail bending, etc. to demonstrate strength as well ...
Bolton is best known for being the first man to lift a 1000 lbs/453.6 kg deadlift (equipped) in a powerlifting competition. [1] He first pulled 1003.1 lbs/455 kg at 2006 World Championships - WPO Semi-Finals, USA and then bettered it with 1008.6 lbs/457.5 kg at 2009 South East Qualifier and Novice Bash, England.
At the Texas High School Powerlifting Championships in April 1990, Terry Todd, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin and former weightlifter, spotted Henry and persuaded him to go to Austin after he graduated to train in the Olympic style of weightlifting. [28]
Caine Morgan Wilkes (born July 10, 1987) is an American weightlifter. [2] He is a three-time gold medalist in his event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. He also won the silver medal on four occasions. Wilkes represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Li Fabin of China defended his Olympic weightlifting title after going in as the overwhelming favorite to repeat. The 31-year-old set a Games snatch record by lifting 143 kilograms (315 pounds) on ...
This was accompanied by a series of books published between 1897 and 1904 – the last of which coined the term "bodybuilding" in the title (spelled "body-building"). [ 17 ] He worked hard at improving exercise equipment, and had invented various devices such as rubber strands for stretching and spring-grip dumbbells to exercise the wrists.