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Coleman talking about his journey in October 2009. Ronald Dean Coleman (born May 13, 1964) is an American former professional bodybuilder, who is widely regarded as the greatest bodybuilder of all-time.
William Arnold Pearl (October 31, 1930 – September 14, 2022) [1] was an American professional bodybuilder and athlete. During the 1950s and 60s, he won many titles and awards, including winning the Mr. Universe contest five times, and was named "World's Best-Built Man of the Century". He later became an expert trainer and author on bodybuilding.
Joseph Precott Pitman (August 21, 1924 – June 1, 2018) [1] was an American weightlifter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Laconia, New Hampshire . [ 2 ] Pitman is on the wall of fame at the United States Olympic Training Center .
Richard Wah Sung Tom (November 8, 1920 – February 20, 2007) was a Chinese American bantamweight weightlifter. He won a silver medal at the 1947 World Championships and a bronze at the 1948 Olympics. [2] In 1952 he won his only national AAU title and later served as a weightlifting official. Tom was a World War II veteran.
Peter T. George [1] (June 29, 1929 – July 27, 2021) was an American weightlifter and Olympic and World champion. He was later an assistant professor of stomatology.George was the first weightlifter of Bulgarian descent to win Olympic gold, which has since been achieved by other Bulgarian Olympians.
Russell Lowell Knipp (May 21, 1942 – April 9, 2006) was an American weightlifter who held nine world records and thirty-four American records. He was born May 21, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He competed in two Olympic games for the U.S. team: Mexico City in 1968 and Munich, Germany in 1972.
He was born and raised in Detroit and from 1959 until his death in 2016 lived in Dearborn, Michigan, where a city park was named for him. Prior to his years of Olympic weightlifting competition, Schemansky served in World War II with the 184th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion and fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Schemansky died in Dearborn ...
Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932 – August 15, 1994) was an American weightlifter, powerlifter and strongman.He was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-time national champion in Olympic weightlifting. [3]