Frank Capsouras

Frank Capsouras (born January 29, 1947 in Hackensack , New Jersey ) is a retired American weightlifter .

Career

Frank Capsouras grew up in New York . He started lifting weights at the age of 14 and was American youth champion three times in a row from 1964 to 1966. Since he was considered a great American talent, he was brought to this club by John Terpak , the former world champion from 1937 and vice-president of the York Barbell Club and strongly supported. Frank Capsoura's career as a weightlifter was not quite as successful as it would have been desirable for those in charge of the American Weightlifting Association and for himself. In 1969 he set a new world record in jogging the middle heavyweight at 199 kg. Except for a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1975 in a duel, he won no other medals at international championships.

Frank Capsouras still lives in New York.

International successes / all-around

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Ms = middle heavyweight, S = heavyweight, at that time up to 110 kg body weight, competitions up to 1972 in the Olympic three-way fight, consisting of pushing, snatching and pushing, from 1973 onwards in a duel consisting of pulling and pushing)

• 1966, 3rd place , North America. Meistersch., Ms, with 425 kg, behind Bob Bartholomew , 452.5 kg and Phil Grippaldi , 450 kg;
• 1969, 6th place , World Championships in Warsaw , Ms, with 472.5 kg, winner: Kaarlo Kangasniemi , Finland , 515 kg ahead of Bo Johansson , Sweden , 500 kg;
• 1972, 10th place , OS in Munich , S, with 520 kg, winner: Jaan Talts , USSR , 580 kg ahead of Alexander Kraitschew, Bulgaria , 562.5 kg;
• 1973, unplaced, World Cup in Havana , S, retired due to injury;
• 1975, 3rd place , Panamerican Games in Mexico City , Ms, with 332.5 kg, behind Phil Grippaldi, USA, 342.5 kg and Alberto Blanco, Cuba , 340 kg

National successes

• 1965, 2nd place , "Eastern" -Meistersch., Ms, with 390 kg, behind Bill March , 472.5 kg;
• 1966, 3rd place , USA Championship, Ms, with 402.5 kg, behind Bob Bartholomew , 447.5 kg and Phil Grippaldi, 440 kg;
• 1967, 1st place , Philadelphia-Meistersch., Ms, with 430 kg, in front of Bill Starr, 402.5 kg;
• 1967, 4th place , USA-Meistersch., Ms, with 435 kg, behind Grippaldi, 470 kg, John Gourgott, 452.5 kg and Bartholomew, 440 kg;
• 1968, 2nd place , Philadelphia-Meistersch., Ms, with 432.5 kg, behind Bob Lancaster, 435 kg and in front of Gary Glenney, 432.5 kg;
• 1968, 2nd place , USA championship, Ms, with 465 kg, behind Grippaldi, 480 kg and in front of Gourgott, 465 kg;
• 1969, 1st place , USA-Meistersch., Ms, with 490 kg in front of Grippaldi, 487.5 kg and Glenney, 485 kg;
• 1970, unplaced , USA-Meistersch, Ms, a 3 failed attempts in pushing;
• 1972, 1st place , USA championship, s, with 525 kg, in front of Alan Ball, 505 kg and Tony Rouff, 500 kg;
• 1973, 2nd place , USA championship, S, with 335 kg, behind Bob Bednarski , 340 kg and in front of John Lewandowski, 332.5 kg

World record

• 199 kg, 1969, pushing, Ms

Web links

• Frank Capsouras at Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century
• Frank Capsouras in the database of Olympedia.org (English)