Tony Terlazzo’s Winning Lift

Posted on Sunday, June 17th, 2012 by John Wood
Anthony “Tony” Terlazzo brought home the Gold Medal in the featherweight (60kg) class at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. In the process he set a new Olympic record in total with 312.5 kg (687.5 lbs) Above Tony is shown with 97.5 kg (214.5) overhead making this the shot of his winning lift in the snatch (also a new Olympic record in his weight class.)