Clyde Emrich

Clyde Bryan Emrich ( born April 6, 1931 in Chicago) was an American weightlifter.

Career

Emrich grew up in Pittsburgh, the son of a German -born father and a French-Canadian mother. As a child he played with the boys from the neighborhood baseball, football, wrestled on the school team and began practicing with self-made dumbbells bodybuilding and weightlifting. With 15 years he devoted himself seriously to the training of weight lifting. His first instructions, he took the power sports magazine " Strength & Health". Later he worked on plans by Norbert Schemansky and trained in a YMCA club in Chicago. In 1952 he qualified for the Olympic Games in Helsinki. There he was eighth with 397.5 kg in the Olympic triathlon. In 1953 he spent together with Thomas Kono his military service in Germany and was present at several start- among others in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen his skills. However, he was unable to attend the U.S. Championships and the World Championships of 1953 in contrast to the prominent Olympic champion Kono. 1954 and 1955 he won medals at the World Championships. In 1957 he achieved a world record in beidarmigen thrusting. With 409 lbs. (185 kg) outperformed while the magic for American weightlifters limit of 400 lbs. In the following years he was often injured or he did not get a vacation, so he came to no further starts at the Olympic Games or World Championships, although he still achieved good performances until 1966, year after year. After ending his playing career, he dedicated himself to the YMCA clubs as a coach for 24 years of youth, but trained, among others the players of the football team Chicago Bears.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, Ls = Light Heavyweight, Ms = medium heavyweight)

National success

( without label = USA Championship )

World Records

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