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In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Anderson set his all-time highest total in amateur competition at the 1956 Senior Nationals, lifting 400 lb (181.4 kg) in the press, 335 lb (152 kg) in the snatch, and 440 lb (199.6 kg) in the clean and jerk, for a total of 1,175 lb (533 kg) at a bodyweight of around 330 lb (150 ...
This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. 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.
With three Worlds Strongest Man titles, Kazmaier is one of the most successful competitors in the history of the contest. Strength historian David P. Webster called him "the greatest American strength athlete of all time", and a 2008 poll of experts rated him as top superheavyweight lifter of all time and "one of the strongest men who ever lived."
Naim Süleymanoğlu (Bulgarian: Наим Сюлейманоглу; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) [1] [2] was a Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set 46 world records. At 147 cm in height, Süleymanoğlu's short stature and great strength led to him ...
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→ Fastest Atlas stone run (with the heavy set) in strongman history, including one-motioning all five stones. It is generally considered the greatest and the most impressive stone run of all time. [64] Atlas stones – 5 stones weighing 130–186 kg (287–410 lb) in 19.46 seconds (2014 World's Strongest Man) (world record) [65]
Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; Georgian pronunciation: [laʃa tʼalaχadze]; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267 kg, 589 lb), and the total (492 kg, 1,085 lb) since 2021.
Jon Frederic Cole (April 1, 1943 – January 10, 2013) was a discus thrower,powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter and strongman from the United States.He competed in powerlifting just prior to the formation of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). [4]