Joe Dube
Joe Dube (born February 15, 1944 in Altha , Florida ) is a retired American weightlifter.
Career
As a boy, Joe Dube was enthusiastic about the well-known American weightlifters Paul Anderson , Charles Vinci and Isaac Berger as well as the bodybuilders Reg Park and Bill Pearl and decided with his three brothers to emulate these successful athletes. In 1958 he started bodybuilding and weightlifting . His first teacher was his older brother Virgil. After finishing school he became a member of the York Barbell Club. There the coaches Dick Smith and Walter Imahara took care of him. Joe made great progress especially in weightlifting and in 1966 he surpassed the 500 kg limit in the Olympic three-way battle for the first time. In the course of his career he became world champion and won an Olympic medal, but he never managed to become American champion. Even in the days of his peak he was beaten by Bob Bednarski and Ken Patera . But the 1969 World Cup victory outshone everything. In 1972 Joe retired from weightlifting, but started a comeback from 1979 to 1982, but could no longer build on his heyday.
Joe Dube worked from 1962 to 1996 for a large insurance agency in Jacksonville / Florida . Now retired, he now enjoys his life and indulges in his hobbies of painting, horse riding and motorcycling and takes part in the big biker meeting in Daytona Beach / Florida every year .
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, S = heavyweight, competitions until 1972 in three-way combat, consisting of pushing, tearing and pushing, from 1973 in two-way combat, consisting of pulling and pushing)
- 1968, 2nd place , pre-Olymp. Games in Mexico City , S, with 550 kg, behind Stanislav Batischew , USSR, 550 kg and in front of Ernest Pickett , USA , 520 kg;
- 1968, bronze medal , OS in Mexico City, S, with 555 kg, behind Leonid Schabotinski , USSR and Serge Reding , Belgium , 555 kg;
- 1969, 1st place , World Championships in Warsaw , S, with 577.5 kg, ahead of Reding, 570 kg and Batischew, USSR, 570 kg (Schabotinski had 3 failed attempts in the snatch);
- 1970, 4th place , World Championships in Columbus / USA, S, with 577.5 kg, behind Wassili Alexejew , USSR, 612.5 kg, Reding, 590 kg and Kalevi Lahdenranta , Finland , 577.5 kg
Medals individual disciplines
(awarded since 1969)
- World Cup silver medals: 1969, pushing, 202.5 kg - 1969, tearing, 162.5 kg
- World Cup bronze medal: 1969, push, 212.5 kg
USA championships
- 1963, 5th place, S, with 155 kg (pushing), after 3 unsuccessful attempts at tearing;
- 1967, 2nd place, S, with 512.5 kg, behind Bob Bednarski , 532.5 kg;
- 1968, 2nd place, S, with 532.5 kg, behind Bednarski, 580 kg;
- 1969, 2nd place, S, with 542.5 kg, behind Ken Patera , 542.5 kg;
- 1970, 2nd place, S, with 547.5 kg, behind Patera, 585 kg;
- 1971, 2nd place, S, with 590 kg, behind Patera, 592.5 kg;
- 1980, 3rd place, S, with 352.5 kg, behind Tom Stock, 392.5 kg and Jerry Hannan, 385 kg;
- 1981, 2nd place, S, with 347.5 kg, behind Hannan, 392.5 kg
US Olympic elimination:
- 1968, 1st place, S, with 575 kg, ahead of Ernest Pickett, 572.5 kg and Bob Bednarski, 560 kg
World records
- 203.5 kg, 1968 in York , S,
- 209.5 kg, 1968 in York, p
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dube, Joe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altha , Florida |