Norbert Schemansky

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Norbert Schemansky at the 1964 Olympic Games

Norbert Schemansky (born May 30, 1924 in Detroit , Michigan , † September 7, 2016 in Dearborn , Michigan) was an American weightlifter .

Career

Norbert Schemansky was the son of a large family of Polish immigrants to the USA. He began playing sports at North Eastern High School in Detroit. After initially practicing the athletics and American football that are common at this school , he came into contact with weightlifting through his brother Dennis at the age of 16 when he was taken to training at the Detroit Barbell Club. Soon his extraordinary talent for weight lifting showed. By the time he was drafted into the US Army in the summer of 1943, he had increased his best performance in the Olympic three-way battle to 365 kg with a body weight of around 88 kg. During his military service, which lasted until 1946, he had no opportunity to train.

After just a short training session, he achieved such good results in 1946 that he was second in the US heavyweight championships in 1946 and 1947, each behind John Davis . He then took second place at the World Championships in Philadelphia in 1947 . Since then he has belonged to the absolute top of the world, won one Olympic victory and three other Olympic medals. Norbert Schemansky, who, according to the American "way of life", liked to eat hamburgers and pizzas and also to drink a beer, had to take longer breaks from training and competitions due to injuries towards the end of his career, but always recovered and delivered the more than ten years younger Russian Yuri Vlasov at the World Championships and Olympic Games at the beginning of the 1960s fantastic fights. He lived in Dearborn / USA.

International career

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Ms = medium heavyweight up to 90 kg body weight, S = heavyweight)

USA championships

  • 1946, 2nd place, S, behind John Davis, 410 kg,
  • 1947, 2nd place, S, behind John Davis, 405 kg,
  • 1948, 2nd place, S, behind John Davis, 462.5 kg,
  • 1949, 1st place, S, with 400 kg,
  • 1950, 2nd place, S, with 435 kg, behind John Davis, 457.5 kg and in front of James Bradford, 427.5 kg,
  • 1951, 1st place, Ms, with 415 kg, in front of Hilligen, 370 kg,
  • 1952, 1st place, Ms, with 400 kg,
  • 1953, 1st place, Ms, with 410 kg, ahead of Dan Uhalde, 407.5 kg and his brother Jerome, 380 kg,
  • 1954, 1st place, S, with 472.5 kg,
  • 1957, 1st place, S, with 447.5 kg, in front of Sidney Henry , 420 kg and Stanley Stanczyk , 420 kg,
  • 1959, 3rd place, S, with 445 kg, behind Dave Ashman , 472.5 kg and Bradford, 472.5 kg,
  • 1962, 1st place, S, with 517.5 kg, in front of Henry, 485 kg and Philipps, 480 kg,
  • 1963, 2nd place, S, with 507.5 kg, behind Henry, 510 kg,
  • 1964, 1st place, S, with 520 kg, in front of Henry, 462.5 kg,
  • 1965, 1st place, S, with 525 kg, in front of Gary Gubner , 525 kg,
  • 1966, 3rd place, with 475 kg, behind Gubner, 532.5 kg and Bob Bednarski, 512.5 kg.

World records

in two-armed tearing:

  • 132.5 kg, 1951 in Milan, Ms,
  • 140 kg, 1952 in Helsinki, Ms,
  • 150 kg, 1954 in Vienna, S,
  • 156 kg, 1961 in Detroit, S,
  • 159 kg, 1961 in Honolulu , S,
  • 161 kg, 1961 in Baltimore , S,
  • 164 kg, 1962 in Detroit, p.

in two-armed thrusting:

  • 175 kg, 1951 in Milan, Ms,
  • 177 kg, 1952 in York, Ms,
  • 177.5 kg, 1952 in Helsinki, Ms,
  • 185 kg, 1952 in Philadelphia, S,
  • 181 kg, 1953 in Stockholm, Ms,
  • 187.5 kg, 1953 in York , S,
  • 188.5 kg, 1954 in Los Angeles, S,
  • 190 kg, 1954 in Copenhagen , S,
  • 192.5 kg, 1954 in Lille , p.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 415 kg, 1951 in Los Angeles, Ms,
  • 427.5 kg, 1951 in Milan, Ms,
  • 445 kg, 1952 in Helsinki, Ms,
  • 487.5 kg, 1954 in Vienna, p.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 4-Time Olympic Medalist, American Weightlifting Legend Norb Schemansky Dies at 92 . BarBend.com, September 7, 2016, accessed September 8, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Schemansky, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2016
Place of death Dearborn , Michigan