Bill March

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Bill March (* 1938 ) is a retired American weightlifter.

Career

Bill March attended Dallastown High School as a teenager and did a variety of high school sports. He was noticed by former US bodybuilding champion Vern Weaver and heavy athletics trainer Dick Smith because of his extraordinary strength. Weaver then put March in touch with Bob Hoffmann, the American weightlifting mentor, who brought March to the York Barbell Club. It was there that Bill began lifting weights in 1958. He developed quickly and was first American champion in 1961. He also proved himself on the international stage, but without winning other major titles other than winning the Pan American Games in 1963. His strength was pushing. In this discipline he also set a world record in 1963. In 1970 he ended his career as a weightlifter.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Ms = medium heavy weight, up to 90 kg body weight, 1st S. = 1st heavy weight, up to 110 kg body weight)

  • 1961, 1st place , North American. Meistersch, Ms, at 430 kg, ahead of White, USA , 395 kg;
  • 1962, 3rd place , World Championships in Budapest , Ms, with 460 kg, behind Louis Martin (weightlifter) , Great Britain , 480 kg and Ireneusz Paliński , Poland , 470 kg;
  • 1963, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the USSR in Moscow , Ms, with 452.5 kg, behind Eduard Browko , USSR, 465 kg and in front of Vladimir Golovanov , USSR, 452.5 kg;
  • 1963, 1st place , North American. Mostly, Ms, with 465 kg, ahead of John Lewis, Canada , 422.5 kg and Jose Saguto, Puerto Rico , a360 kg;
  • 1963, 1st place , PanAm Games, Ms, weighing 460 kg, ahead of Jose Flores, Antilles , 457.5 kg and Lewis, 420 kg;
  • 1963, 4th place , World Championships in Stockholm , Ms, with 470 kg, behind Martin, 480 kg, Paliński, 475 kg and Browko, 470 kg;
  • 1964, 4th place , OS in Tokyo, Ms, with 467.5 kg, behind Golowanow, 487.5 kg, Martin, 475 kg and Paliński, 467.5 kg

USA championships

  • 1961, 1st place, Ms, with 432.5 kg, in front of James George , 425 kg and Engelbert, 415 kg;
  • 1962, 1st place, Ms, with 442.5 kg, in front of Ash, 412.5 kg;
  • 1963, 1st place, Ms, with 432.5 kg, in front of Ken Rose, 432.5 kg and Clyde Emrich , 422.5 kg;
  • 1964, 1st place, Ms, with 460 kg, ahead of Emrich, 445 kg and John Gourgott, 442.5 kg;
  • 1965, 1st place, Ms, with 465 kg, in front of Bob Bartholomew , 452.5 kg and Bob Bednarski, 432.5 kg;
  • 1966, 5th place, Ms, with 152.5 kg, after 3 failed attempts in the tear;
  • 1968, unplaced, 1st page, after giving up due to injury;
  • 1969, 3rd place, 1st side, with 512.5 kg, behind Bob Bednarski , 550 kg and Gary Deal, 515 kg

World record

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personal data
SURNAME March, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 1938