Friday, November 09, 2007
•Weightlifting Champion John DavisWeightlifting Champion
John Davis John Davis was one of America's greatest Olympic weightlifting champions.
Throughout his career he won two gold medals: 1948(London) and 1952(Helsinki)
He was also a Senior World Champion in 1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, and 1951.
His best Olympic lifts were:
•Press - 342 Pounds
•Snatch - 330-1/2 Pounds
•Clean & Jerk - 402 Pounds
He also excelled in a number of other lifts, deadlifting 705 pounds, squatting 525 pounds eight times in succession, curling 215 pounds, chin himself with either arm multiple times, a right-hand lift of 8 pounds on a Weaver Stick in the Forward Lift style and one of the few men in history to Clean and Jerk the Apollon Wheels
Labels: Apollon's Wheels, Clean and Jerk, Curl, Deadlift, Gold Medal, John Davis, Olympic Weightlifting, Olympics, Press, Snatch, Squat, Weaver Stick
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Posted by John Wood @ Friday, November
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