Anthony Garcy

Anthony Garcy (born June 20, 1939 in Ray , Arizona ) is a retired American weightlifter.

Career

Anthony Garcy began lifting weights as a teenager and moved to Chicago at the age of 19 to train with other good American weightlifters at the Duncan YMCA Gym there, but became a member of the York Barbell Club. The successes soon came. In 1960 he was the first American lightweight champion. He also started at international championships, but had the misfortune to land in the thankless fourth place three times at world championships and once at the Olympic Games. So his victory at the Pan American Games in 1963 was his greatest international success.

Anthony Garcy was a teacher by profession. His son Andrew also did weightlifting and became the American light heavyweight champion in 2001.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Le = lightweight, Wed = middle heavyweight)

• 1962, 4th place , World Championships in Budapest , Le, with 382.5 kg, behind Wladimir Kaplunow , USSR , 415 kg, Waldemar Baszanowski , Poland , 412.5 kg and Marian Zielinski , Poland, 405 kg;
• 1963, 4th place , World Championships in Stockholm , Le, with 397.5 kg, behind Zielinski, 417.5 kg, Baszanowski, 410 kg and Kaplunow, 410 kg;
• 1963, 1st place , PanAm Games in São Paulo , Le, with 380 kg, in front of Rudy Monk, Antilles , 362.5 kg and Roy Cox, Barbados , 347.5 kg;
• 1964, 2nd place , tournament in Kanazawa / Japan , Wed, with 397.5 kg, behind Masushi Ōuchi , Japan, 407.5 kg and in front of Miwa, Japan, 390 kg;
• 1964, 4th place , OS in Tokyo , Le, with 412.5 kg, behind Baszanowski, 432.5 kg, Kaplunow, 432.5 kg and Zielinski, 420 kg;
• 1965, 4th place , World Cup in Tehran , Wed, with 425 kg, behind Wiktor Kurenzow , USSR, 437.5 kg, Werner Dittrich , GDR, 437.5 kg and Alexander Kurynow , USSR, 432.5 kg;
• 1966, 2nd place , North America. Meistersch., Wed, with 397.5 kg, behind Russell Knipp , USA , 432.5 kg and in front of Kurt Setterberg, USA, 357.5 kg

USA championships

(1964 US Olympic Qualification)

• 1960, 1st place, Le, with 355 kg, in front of Larry Mintz, 345 kg, Vince Doniero, 340 kg and Joe Pitman , 330 kg;
• 1962, 1st place, Le, with 362.5 kg, ahead of Zuhair Mansour, 345 kg and Bill Kowaloff, 332.5 kg;
• 1963, 1st place, Le, with 365 kg, in front of Russell Knipp, 362.5 kg and Kurt Jotzat, 352.5 kg;
• 1964, 1st place, Le, with 402.5 kg;
• 1965, 1st place, Wed, with 400 kg, in front of Kurt Jotzat, 390 kg;
• 1966, 1st place, Wed, with 427.5 kg, ahead of Knipp, 417.5 kg and Pierre St. Jean, 405 kg;
• 1967, 2nd place, Wed, with 412.5 kg, behind Knipp, 435 kg and in front of Peter Rawluk, 397.5 kg