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Pyrros Dimas (Greek: Πύρρος Δήμας; pronounced [piros ðimas]; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former weightlifter. He is currently the technical director for USA Weightlifting, having taken that position in June 2017. [ 2 ] Dimas has also been involved in politics as a member of the Hellenic Parliament, representing ...
Greek Championships Ioannina, Greece Total 354 kg Georgios Markoulas: 21 April 2019 Greek Championships Ioannina, Greece 109 kg Snatch 168 kg Stathis Strubis: 21 April 2019 Greek Championships Ioannina, Greece Clean and Jerk 208 kg Stathis Strubis: 24 November 2018 Greek Championships Pylaia, Greece Total 368 kg Stathis Strubis: 24 November 2018
2020. 2024. 2028. Medalists. Records. Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.
Weightlifting. Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of (dumbbells, barbells or machines). People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can include: developing physical strength; promoting health and fitness; competing in ...
The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens, is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized:Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th ...
Weightlifting. at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad. Venue. Georgia World Congress Center. Dates. 20–30 July 1996. Competitors. 243 from 77 nations. ← 1992.
In Ancient Greek sports, halteres were used as lifting weights, [4][5] and also as weights in their version of the long jump. [6] Halteres were held in both hands to allow an athlete to jump a greater distance; they may have been dropped after the first or second jump. The athlete would swing the weights backwards and forwards just before take ...
Greek weightlifters have set many world and Olympic records during the years which forced the sporting world to name the Greek weightlifting team of the mid-1990s, the "Dream Team" of the sport. Some of the greatest weightlifters in the history of the sport include Greek legends such as: Pyrros Dimas, a Greek weightlifter from Northern Epirus ...