Saturday, January 10, 2009

  • Tony Terlazzo

    • Tony Terlazzo was one of America's greatest Olympic weight lifters.

    Lifting for the York Barbell Club, Terlazzo was a Gold medal winner in the 60 kg class at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, set seven world records, won two world championshios and achieved an unprecedented 13 Senior National weightlifting titles.

    His best clean and jerk was 144.5 kg in the lightweight class.     		Tony TerlazzoTony Terlazzo
    You can read more about Tony Terlazzo in Muscletown USA by John D. Fair and Legacy of Iron by Brooks Kubik.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Saturday, January 10, 2009

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