History of Olympic Weightlifting
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The Hall of Fame section of the Lift-Up web site is a gallery featuring outstanding athletes, Olympic heroes and world champions of the 20th century in weightlifting.
All lifters are listed in alphabetical order. For more information on the athletes' bio, performance at the major international tournaments, world records set and more, please select a specific lifter's name from the lists below:
Lift Up Hall of Fame: Honored Athletes |
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Vasily ALEXEEV, USSR | |
Paul ANDERSON, USA | |
Waldemar BASZANOWSKI, Poland | |
Isaac BERGER, USA | |
Gerd BONK, Germany | |
Andrey CHEMERKIN, Russia | |
John DAVIS, USA | |
Pyrros DIMAS, Greece | |
Imre FOLDI, Hungary | |
Akakide KAKHIASHVILIS, Greece | |
Tommy Tamio KONO, USA | |
Alexander KURLOVICH, USSR | |
Yoshinobu MIYAKE, Japan | |
Halil MUTLU, Turkey | |
Sultan RAKHMANOV, USSR | |
David RIGERT, USSR | |
Yanko RUSEV, Bulgaria | |
Norbert SCHEMANSKY, USA | |
Naim SULEYMANOGLU, Turkey | |
Leonid TARANENKO, USSR | |
Yurik VARDANYAN, USSR | |
Charles VINCI, USA | |
Yury VLASOV, USSR | |
Yury ZAKHAREVICH, USSR | |
Leonid ZHABOTINSKY, USSR |
Lift Up Hall of Fame: Honored Coaches, Administrators, Executives |
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Ivan ABADZHIEV, Bulgaria | |
Bob HOFFMAN, USA | |
Christos IAKOVOU, Greece | |
Alexey MEDVEDEV, USSR | |
Rudolf PLUKFELDER, USSR | |
Gottfried SCHOEDL, Austria | |
Arkady VOROBYEV, USSR |