Wednesday, February 03, 2010

  • Tug O' War at the 1906 Olympic Games


    • Here's a rare look at the Tug O' War event at the 1906 Olympic Games held in Athens Greece. It looks like the Gold Medal -winning German team is on the right - notable because several of its members were also champion weightlifters, namely Heinrich Rondi and Heinrich Schneidereit. The Greek team took Silver while Sweden took Bronze. Joseph Steinbach was also a member of the Austrian team which finished was fourth.

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    Wednesday, September 23, 2009

  • Heinrich Rondi

    • Shown here is a rare picture of the German strongman Heinrich Rondi, one of the strongest men of the early 20th century. Rondi had a good year in 1906: he won the the European Lifting Championships, a World Greco-Roman wrestling title and a Gold Medal in the Tug O' War at the 1906 Olympics (where he also won two Bronze Medals in the weight lifting events.)

    In 1907, he added World Lifting Championship by besting his countryman Heinrich Schneidereit.

    In 1910, Rondi set two Amateur records with a right hand snatch of 203-1/2 pounds and a left hand snatch of 186-3/4 pounds.     		Heinrich RondiHeinrich Rondi

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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