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Encyclopedia: Weightlifting

Weightlifting, sometimes referred to commonly as lifting, is a sport in which competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars called barbells, the execution of which is a combination of power, flexibility, and technique. The term "weightlifting" is often informally used to refer to weight training. Olympic weightlifting trains the athlete for functional strength, utilizing the body's major muscle groups. For this reason, the Olympic lifts (or simplified versions such as the Power Snatch and Power Clean) are extensively used in training for other sports such as rugby and American Football.

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How to say "Weightlifting" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	举重
	(Japanese)	重量挙げ
	(German)	Gewichtheben
	(Spanish)	Halterofilia
	(French)	Haltérophilie
	(Italian)	Sollevamento pesi

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Snatch

Snatch may refer to: the snatch, a type of weightlifting. a film, Snatch by director Guy Ritchie...

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Mohammed Ali

The name Mohammed Ali (more usually written Muhammad Ali ) is shared by: A viceroy of Egypt, considered the founder of modern Egypt, see Mehemet Ali (Egypt) A famous boxer, born as Cassius Clay , see Muhammad Ali An Iraqi weightlifter, see Mohammed Ali (weightlifter...

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Muscle Beach

Muscle Beach , in the United States is an area on Venice Beach, California on Ocean Front Walk two blocks north of Venice Boulevard, that is set up by the County of Los Angeles as a outdoors weightlifting gym. By extension, it refers also to a high concentration of weightlifting and fitness...

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Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall

The Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall is an indoor arena in Nikaia, near Piraeus. It is currently hosting weightlifting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue was officially opened on August 14, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the games. The building seats 5,100...

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Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Jón Páll Sigmarsson Jón Páll Sigmarsson (April 28 1960 - January 16 1993) was a weightlifter from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man Competition four times...

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Karnam Malleswari

Karnam Malleswari (born June 1 1975) is an Indian Weightlifter. She won bronze in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, which made her the first Indian woman who won an Olympic medal...

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Pawina Thongsuk

Pawina Thongsuk (born April 18 1979 in Si Khoraphum, Surin province) is a Thai weightlifter. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she won an Olympic gold medal, with 122.5kg snatching and 272.5kg total...

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Trash Can Sinatras

Weightlifting. Members Stephen Douglas (drums, vocals) Francis Reader (vocals) Paul Livingston (lead... Everything (1993) Happy Pocket (1996) Weightlifting (2004...

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Shane Hamman

Shane Hamman (born June 20, 1972 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a weightlifter, sometimes called... weightlifting events, and since 1997 has won a gold medal at every American Senior National Championship except for 2002. As of 2004 he holds every American weightlifting record in his class. A...

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Olympic medals won by athletes of Trinidad and Tobago

Weightlifting 90kg Class Bronze Lennox Kilgour 1952 Helsinki, Finland Weightlifting Featherweight Class Bronze Rodney Wilkes 1948 London, England Weightlifting Featherweight Class Silver Rodney Wilkes...

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