Saul Hallap

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2016 by John Wood

Saul Hallap was a great Estonian weight lifter who set four world records and seven European records during his career. Hallup also competed in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris where he one-arm snatched 75 kg, one-arm clean & jerked 95 kg, pressed 90 kg, two-hand snatched 90 kg and two-hand clean & jerked 115 kg, which was good for a 465 kg total and a 9th place finish. After his weight lifting career, Hallap became a circus acrobat.

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Jaan Talts

Posted on Monday, January 19th, 2015 by John Wood

Jaan Talts was an Estonian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 60’s and early 1970’s. Talts won Olympic Gold (Munich, 1972) and Silver (Mexico City, 1968) and set 43 world records in his career. Hard to tell but this may be his winning clean and jerk at the 1972 USSR Championships. Dig that awesome Russian weight set!
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