- Norbert Schemansky
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Olympic medal record Competitor for 
United StatesMen's Olympic weightlifting Olympic Games Silver 1948 London +90 kg Gold 1952 Helsinki 90 kg Bronze 1960 Rome +90 kg Bronze 1964 Tokyo +90 kg World Weightlifting Championships Silver 1947 Philadelphia +82.5kg Gold 1951 Milan 90kg Gold 1953 Stockholm 90kg Gold 1954 Vienna +90kg Silver 1962 Budapest +90kg Silver 1963 Stockholm +90kg Bronze 1964 Tokyo +90kg Pan American Games Gold 1955 Mexico City +90kg Norbert Schemansky (born May 30, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan) was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States.
Schemansky was the first weightlifter to earn four Olympic medals, despite missing the 1956 Olympic Games due to back problems.
He was inducted into the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of fame in 1997.[1]
Weightlifting achievements
- Olympic champion (1952);
- Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1948);
- Bronze medalist in Olympic Games (1960 and 1964);
- World champion (1951, 1953, and 1954);
- 1955 Pan American Games heavyweight champion;
- Silver medalist at Senior World Championships (1947, 1962, and 1963);
- Bronze medalist at Senior World Championships (1964).
References
- ^ "Weightlifting Hall of Fame". International Weightlifting Federation. http://www.iwf.net/iwf/organization/members.php. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
External links
Categories:- American weightlifting biography stubs
- 1924 births
- American weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of the United States
- Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Living people
- American people of Polish descent
- People from Detroit, Michigan
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
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