Who is the oldest weightlifter to win an olympic gold in weightlifting

Liu Chunhong on her way to her second Gold Medal in her home games at Beijing 2008 Liu Chunhong makes it into this list as the only woman in Olympic weightlifting to win back-to-back gold medals in the same weight category. She managed to win gold medals in the 69 Kg class in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics in Athens and Beijing respectively. Baszanowski on top of the Olympic podium in 1964 Waldemar Baszanowski was a Polish weightlifter who competed in the 67.5 Kg class. He won gold medals in two consecutive games in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. He won 5 World Championships and 5 Silver medals, a combined 10 medals which is more than any weightlifter in history. Charles Vinci showing off his Olympic medal. Charles Vinci was an American weightlifter who competed in the Bantamweight class. He won gold in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. Vinci had also won 2 gold medals in the 1955 and 1959 Pan American games. In his career, Vinci had set 12 World Records in the bantamweight class between 1955 and 1960. He held records in Snatch, Clean & Jerk, In Press as well as in total weight lifted by any weight lifter. Zhou Lulu stands victorious alongside her fierce rival Kashirina on the podium at London 2012 The reigning strongest woman in the world, Zhou Lulu comes into the list at number 7. She achieved this feat in 2012 in a head-to-head tussle with Russian Tatiana Kashirina beating her by one kg in total lift. The Russian had set the world record in her last attempt with a net lift of...

TOKYO: It is a moment seared into the collective consciousness of Filipinos. Hidilyn Diaz perched atop the podium - all 158 centimetres of her. Small in stature but big of heart. The daughter of a tricycle driver is now a history-maker. Before the strains of Lupang Hinirang waft through the arena, she snaps into a salute. Hold back the tears, she tells herself. Hold back the tears. But even if she doesn't weep, those back home will. She is a champion. She is their champion. ‘I FELT LIKE I WAS A LOSER’ More than a week on from her triumph in Tokyo, Diaz finds what transpired surreal. The 30-year-old set an Olympic record in the women’s 55-kg category en route to her victory, lifting a combined weight of 224 kg. “I cannot believe it but that’s the reality,” Diaz told CNA from her hotel room in Manila where she was serving her quarantine. “It’s like goosebumps and I’m the one who did it. And I’m like: ‘Lord, God, thank You. Thank You for giving me this opportunity.'” At the age of 11, Diaz got her first taste of the sport. “I got curious when my cousins did it … I tried to do it and I loved it. I felt like I belonged; like I’m good with it and I wanted to do it more and more,” she explained. “This is the sport that made me strong. The other sports I was always weak and my cousins (were) always good, I didn’t want them to be good, I wanted me to be good!” she said with a laugh. But her mother was not too keen on her taking up weightlifting, added the bubbly Diaz. “My mum didn’...

To cap offAfrican-American heritage month 2020, USA Weightlifting is highlighting some of the significant achievements of African-American athletes and contributors who have played a key part in the organization. The sheer volume of African-Americans who have been successful within USA Weightlifting makes this a difficult lift to build and pays tribute to a select number of the large population of African-Americans who made a difference to USA Weightlifting with many others not included here very much worthy of inclusion. In no particular order, here are just a few of those legendary figures: Cara Heads Slaughter (Arlington, VA) – Olympian & International Coach California-born Heads-Slaughter made history in 2000 becoming the first African-American female athlete to represent the US in the Olympic Games, a feat not repeated until Jenny Arthur appeared at the Olympic Games in 2016. Throwing was the first sport for Heads-Slaughter and her successful throwing career took her to the University of California-Berkeley to throw at the Division 1 level before turning her hand to Weightlifting and her eventual Olympic Games appearance. Continually involved in the sport, Heads-Slaughter now runs a successful club in the Washington DC metropolitan area and is the first African-American woman (and only 2 nd Woman) to make the ranking of International Coach, passing on her knowledge to the sport’s next generation. Oscar Chaplin III (Oakland CA / Savannah GA) 2016 Hall of Fame Inductee ...

This morning the IWF released the preliminary start list for Weightlifting at the 2016 Olympic Games. As is customary for international competitions, I say preliminary simply because something always changes between the preliminary start list and the final start list at the technical meeting for all weightlifting meets. The Olympics are no different in this regard; in 2012 Russia withdrew Dimitry Klokov, Khadzhimurat Akkaev and Oxana Slivenko due to various injuries. All three were medal favorites going into the competition. We still have almost three weeks until announcer Richard Mason calls the first snatch attempt, but until then; here are some storylines to think about as we get closer. Athlete Breakdown The IWF provided a convenient breakout of the countries being represented by gender. A total of 260 athletes from 91 countries are entered into these games. The 156 men and 104 women represent an even 60/40 division of the sexes. China has the largest team with 10 athletes going to compete. Forty countries have entered 1 solo athlete. The youngest athlete entered is Bouchra Fatima Zohra Hirech, in the Woman’s 75+ KG category; her date of birth is August 22, 2000. Based on weightlifting years, she is 16 years of age; however, her actually birthday will take place after the Olympic Games finish. The oldest athlete entered is Maria Alexandra Escobar Guerrero, in the Woman’s 58 KG category; her date of birth is July 17, 1980. Based on weightlifting years, she is 36 years o...

The 37-year-old Chinese weightlifter became the oldest man to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport on Saturday after a tense finish in the men's 81-kilogram category. Wearing his signature shiny gold shoes, Lyu lifted 170kg in the snatch and 204kg in the clean and jerk for a total 374kg. That was 7kg more than Zacarias Bonnat of the Dominican Republic in second and 9kg ahead of Italian rival Antonino Pizzolato, who won bronze. Lyu's win was only assured after Pizzolato tried and failed a world-record 210-kilogram clean and jerk. Lyu then tried the same weight but couldn't complete the lift. He hoisted his coach into the air to celebrate the win and kissed the Chinese flag on his singlet. “Five years is a long time for a man of this age," Lyu said through an interpreter, looking back to his long wait since winning silver at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. He said he longed to see his two children after spending most of his time away at training camps, but that the sport inspired him and gave him a role as a father figure to younger weightlifters. “It's a beautiful art and maybe that is why I can be an athlete for such a long time,” he said. Lyu — who also won gold in 2012 — immediately shot down any talk of retirement. “This is not my last competition,” he said, adding that he's now targeting next year's world championships on home soil in China — and beyond to the 2024 Olympics. “If you see me next year, you will see me in Paris.” By then, he could have another Olympic...

If you’ve ever Credit: William Johnson / BarbellStories During the mid-20th century, the United States was one of the most successful nations in the sport. Despite America’s previous success in weightlifting, the past few decades have seen a noticeable and significant drop off in US performances on weightlifting’s biggest stages. Between the Since 2000 — the first year that women from the U.S. have been holding the torch for their country. Below, we’ve listed every Olympic medal in weightlifting the United States has won during the modern Olympic era (plus some bonus fun facts about now-defunct 1904 (St. Louis) The men’s two-hand lift isn’t an event contemporary fans of the sport will necessarily recognize. It debuted at the 1896 Athens Olympics, and only four athletes competed in it in 1904 — which was its last year in the Olympics. Lifters hefted A men’s all-around Only three athletes competed, two of whom were American. • Oscar Osthoff (silver, men’s two-hand lift) • Frank Kugler (bronze, men’s two-hand lift) • Oscar Osthoff (gold, men’s all-around dumbbell) • Frederick Winters (silver, men’s all-around dumbbell) • Frank Kugler (bronze, men’s all-around dumbbell) 1932 (Los Angeles) At the 1932 Los Angeles Games, 29 men from nine different countries competed across five Two Americans took home bronze medals, including • Anthony Terlazzo (bronze, men’s -60-kilogram) • Henry Duey (bronze, men’s 82.5-kilogram) 1936 (Berlin) In 1936, Terlazzo moved up the Olympic ranks from ...