6 Greatest Olympic Weightlifters Of All time

Weightlifting is the sport of strength, balance, stamina, and physical power. There is no other sport in the Olympics that tests the power and stamina just like the sport of weightlifting does. There have been many weightlifters who have come with herculean strength and shown their worth but some of the weightlifters have made their mark in the Olympic books by making history with their remarkable records.

6 weightlifters who are examples of being incredible in the sport and made history in the Olympics with their record-breaking lifts are -

1.Liu Chunhong (China)

Liu makes this list as the woman in Olympic weightlifting to win gold back-to-back in the same weight category. With two golds in the Olympics and two in world championships, she is considered to be the record-breaking lifter in the Olympic 2008 with 128 and 158 kg, clean and jer She participated in 2 Olympics with a combined weight record of 286 kg.

2. Waldemar Baszanowski (Poland)

A Polish weightlifter who used to compete in 67.5kg weight class and claimed 2 golds in two consecutive games, Olympics 1964 and 1968.

3. Charles Vinci (USA)

Won Gold in two consecutive years 1956 and 1960 also had two silver in the American games in 1955 and 1960 respectively.

4. Paul Anderson (Turkey)n (USA) 

Has become the Olympic champion by claiming gold in 1956 and a two-time national champion within 4 years of turning pro. Holding a Guinness world record of back lifting of 2845 which has become the base of his reputation as the world's strongest man.

5.Naim Suleymanoglu (Turkey)

Suleymanoglu is the first Turk to claim the golds consecutively in three Olympics 1988-92-96 also holding 7 world championships and two European championships.

6. Pyrros Dimas ( Greece)

A Greek weightlifter who has won back-to-back three Olympic golds in the years 1992-96-2000 and 2004 he won bronze in the Athens Olympics. After winning the Olympics Dimas left his shoes on the podium and said this was his way to announce his retirement.

Regarded as one of the best Greek Athletes, Dimas mentioned his name in the Olympics as one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters as this itself is the greatest and most remarkable record of his weightlifting Career.