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Tamio "Tommy" Kono (Japanese: 高野 民夫, June 27, 1930 – April 24, 2016) was an American weightlifter of Japanese descent.A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Kono set world records in four different weight classes: [2] lightweight (149 pounds or 67.5 kilograms), middleweight (165 lb or 75 kg), light-heavyweight (182 lb or 82.5 kg) and middle-heavyweight (198 lb or 90 kg).
These 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 (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
Precious Patrick McKenzie MBE (born 6 June 1936) [1] is a South African-born former Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter who won Commonwealth titles representing both England and New Zealand and has won several world powerlifting and masters world powerlifting titles.
Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive 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.
lifting a 534-pound (242 kg) weight with one finger; pushing a freight car up an incline; At 19 years old, he lifted a rock from ground up to his shoulder, officially weighted at 514 pounds [5] He beat Eugen Sandow's bent press record (and therefore the heaviest weight lifted with one hand) by 2 pounds (0.91 kg) to a total of 273 pounds (124 kg ...
Perry said by email that it took about two years to lose the weight, going from 411 pounds at his heaviest to 158 pounds today.“I have been strategically posting pre-recorded videos for 2 years ...
Discover how senior weight lifting can help women over 60 build strength, bone health, and stay independent with tips to start, and beginner-friendly moves.
In the clean and jerk portion, Topurov completed a 175.0 kg clean and jerk after Süleymanoğlu. With his next two lifts, Süleymanoğlu set two more world records and won his first Olympic gold. His last lift was a 190.0 kg clean and jerk that was 3.15 times his body weight, [12] which is the highest ratio clean and jerk to body weight of all ...