Thursday, January 21, 2010
Yuri VlasovIt was Yuri Vlasov who came along and broke most of Paul Anderson's records at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In order to do so, he became the first man to Clean & Jerk over 400 pounds(402-1/2 pounds).
Anderson did not compete at these games as by that time he was no longer an amateur athlete. Just to prove a point, however, shortly afterwards at an exhibition Anderson took Vlasov's winning lift and performed three reps with it!
Labels: 1960 Olympics, Paul Anderson, Russian, Russian Olympic Set, Russian Weightlifter, Yuri Vlasov
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Marian ZielińskiMarian Zieliński, the Polish weightlifter who took part in four Olympic games, is shown here in mid-press. Zieliński was the first Polish athlete to win an Olympic weightlifting medal, when he took Bronze as a featherweight at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia. At the 1960 Games in Rome he tried moving up to the lightweight class and finished fourth.
As a lightweight, he won two more Bronze medals, in Tokyo, 1964 and Mexico City, in 1968. He was also a three-time European champion and seven-time Polish Champion.
Labels: 1956 Olympics, 1960 Olympics, 1964 Olympics, 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal, Marian Zieliński, Polish Weightlifter, Russian Olympic Set, Weightlifting Champion
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Valeriy BrumelYes, that is a man jump-kicking a regulation basketball hoop, a simply unbelieveable feat. In this case, that man is Valeriy Brumel, the great Soviet high jumper who is just doing a bit of showing off. Brumel won the Silver Medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and took the Gold medal in Tokyo at the 1964 games.
Brumel broke the world record for high jump 6 times from 1961 to 1963. His personal best was 2.28 meters (about 7 feet 6 inches) In 1965 he was in a motorcycle accident which ruined his leg. After 29 operations he made a comeback in 1970 and was able to high jump 2.06 meters (about 6 feet 9 inches.) He was a true super human.
Labels: 1960 Olympics, 1964 Olympics, Gold Medal, High Jump, Olympic Athlete, Olympics
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Yuri Vlasov - Russian KettlebellsAs young trainees, many Russian weightlifters were introduced to physical training in the form of Kettlebells. Many of them maintained this practice even in later years as they became great champions. Among them is the great Soviet lifter Yuri Vlasov, who was a Gold Medal winner at the 1960 Rome Olympics, a four-time Senior World Champion (1959, 1961-1963) and Six-time Consecutive Senior European Champion (1959-1964). Vlasov set 34 World records over his career. You may not be able to make it out but the kettlebell at his feet is marked "32" i.e. 32 kilograms or just over 70 pounds.
Labels: 1960 Olympics, Kettlebell, Olympic Weightlifting, Russian Kettlebells, Russian Weightlifter, Yuri Vlasov
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Chuck VinciChuck Vinci was another great olympic weightlifter from York, Pennsylvania. Though he stood only 4'11" and weighed 123 pounds, he could clean & jerk well over 300 pounds and snatch 220+.
Vinci was a Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (1956 and 1960), Seven-time world Senior National Champion (1954-1956,1958-1961) and set Twelve World Records during his career.
Labels: 1956 Olympics, 1960 Olympics, Chuck Vinci, Clean and Jerk, Gold Medal, Olympic Weightlifting, Snatch, weightlifter, weightlifting, York Pennsylvania
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Schemansky Stalks the Bar...From the late 1940s to mid-1960s, Norb Schemansky was America's most successful Olympic Weightlifter and the first weightlifter to medal in four Olympic Games, (despite missing the 1956 games.)
Do you think he means business in the shot above?
Here's a look at Norb Schemansky's achievements over the course of his career:
And best career marks:Olympic Champion - 1952 Olympic Games, Helsinki Silver Medal - 1948 Olympic Games, London Bronze Medal - 1960, Rome, 1964, Tokyo World Champion (1951, 1953, and 1954) 1955 Pan American Games Heavyweight Champion Silver Medal - Senior World Championships (1947, 1962, 1963) Bronze Medal - Senior World Championships (1964)
Press - 415 lbs.
Snatch - 363 3/4 lbs.
Clean and Jerk - 445 lbs.
Total - 1200 lbs. (400-335-445)
In addition to his weightlifting exploits, he also famously cleaned, then thrice jerked the Apollon Wheels.
Labels: 1952 Olympics, 1960 Olympics, 1964 Olympics, Clean and Jerk, Gold Medal, Norb Schemansky, Olympic Weightlifting, Olympics, Press, Snatch, The 1947 U.S. World Weightlifting Team, weightlifting
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