Anthony Terlazzo

Anthony Terlazzo (1936)

Anthony Terlazzo (born July 28, 1911 in Patti , Italy , † March 26, 1966 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American weightlifter .

Career

He was the son of Italian immigrants in the 1920s. Having landed in New York , he first played many sports as a child and adolescent, before moving to weightlifting because he was very small and light and wanted to get stronger. A project that, as it later turned out, completely succeeded. At the York Barbell Club he had the best possible support at the time. At the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he was the first American to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting. In 1936, at the Olympic Games in Berlin , he won the featherweight division and became Olympic champion. Until 1947, Anthony Terlazzo remained among the world's top weightlifters.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight, FK = pentathlon)

• 1932, bronze medal , OS in Los Angeles , Fe, with 280 kg, behind Raymond Suvigny , France , 287.5 kg and Hans Wölpert , Germany , 282.5 kg;
• 1936, gold medal , OS in Berlin , Fe, with 312.5 kg, ahead of Mohamed Suleiman Saleh, Egypt , 305 kg and Ibrahim Shams , Egypt, 300 kg and John Terpak ;
• 1937, 1st place , World Championships in Paris , Le, with 357.5 kg, ahead of Robert Fein , Austria , 355 kg and Karl Jansen , Germany, 330 kg;
• 1938, 1st place , World Championships in Vienna , Le, with 350 kg, ahead of Saleh, 342.5 kg and Karl Schwitalle , Germany, 332.5 kg;
• 1947, 2nd place , World Championships in Philadelphia , Le, with 350 kg, behind Peter George , USA , 352.5 kg and in front of Stuart, Canada , 342.5 kg.

US championships

1932 with 260 kg, Fe - 1933 with 302.5 kg, Le - 1935 with 457.5 kg, FK, Le - 1936 with 315 kg, Fe - 1937 with 355 kg, Le - 1938 with 347.5 kg, Le - 1939 with 365 kg, Le - 1940 with 350 kg, Le - 1941 with 362.5 kg, Le - 1942 with 345 kg, Le - 1943 with 362.5 kg, Le - 1944 with 362.5 kg, Le - 1945 with 345 kg, Le.

World records

when pressing with both arms:

• 95 kg, 1935 in Chicago , Fe,
• 97 kg, 1937 in Baltimore , Fe,
• 106.5 kg, 1937 in New York, Le.

in two-armed thrusting:

• 125.5 kg, 1935 in Chicago, Fe,
• 143 kg, 1937 in Paris , Le,
• 144.5 kg, 1938 in Woonsocket , Le.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 312.5 kg, 1936 in Berlin, Fe,
• 342.5 kg, 1937 in Chicago, Le,
• 357.5 kg in Paris, Le,
• 374 kg in New York, Le.

Web links

• Anthony Terlazzo (1911-1966) on letter T.
• Anthony Terlazzo in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century
• Anthony Terlazzo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Anthony Terlazzo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Anthony Terlazzo tearing both arms at the 1938 World Cup in Vienna