Tommy Kono

Tommy Kono

male, 78 years old
World War II Olympic gold medalist Olympic silver medalist Japanese American bodybuilder weight training … Weightlifter at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Tommy Kono (born June 27, 1930) was a U.S. weightlifter in the 1950s. Kono set records in four different weightlifting classes: lightweight (148... More
Paul Edward Anderson

Paul Edward Anderson

male, deceased (1994)
Olympic gold medalist from the United States Weightlifter at the 1956 Summer Olympics Russian strongman Guinness Book of World Records
Paul Edward Anderson (born October 17, 1932 in Toccoa, Georgia - died August 15, 1994) was a weightlifter and strongman. Anderson turned... More

Mahmoud Namjoo

male
iranian Olympic bronze medalist Olympic silver medalist weightlifter Olympic weightlifter of Iran From Iran … Weightlifter at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Mahmoud Namjoo (born 1916 in Rasht, Iran) was an Iranian weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He was a representative for Iran in 1948 London, 1952... More
Ben Helfgott

Ben Helfgott

male, 77 years old
Jewish Weightlifter at the 1956 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medalist From England weightlifter emigrant
Dr. Ben Helfgott (born 22 November 1930) was a British weightlifter and Holocaust survivor

Arkady Vorobyov

male
underwater diving Armed Forces sports society athlete mines from the Soviet Union soviet mine … Weightlifter at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Arkady Nikitich Vorobyev (Russian: Аркадий Никитич Воробьёв; born October 3, 1924 in village Mordovo, Tambov Oblast) was a Russian Soviet middle-... More
Tan Ser Cher

Tan Ser Cher

male
bangkok weightlifter Singaporean 1956 Summer Olympics 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Asian Games … Weightlifter at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Tan Ser Cher is a weightlifter from Singapore who began full-time training in the sport when he was 16, and was crowned the "Champion of Champions"... More

Marian Zieliński

male, deceased (2005)
polish weightlifter Olympic weightlifter of Poland 1964 Summer Olympics 1968 Summer Olympics 1960 Summer Olympics … Weightlifter at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Marian Zieliński, Polish weightlifter. He took part in four Olympic Games (1956-68). Zieliński was the first Polish sportsman to win an olympic me... More