John Davis (weightlifter)
John Davis ( born January 12, 1921 in Smithtown, Long Iceland, New York, † 13 July 1984) was an American weightlifter.
Life
John grew up in Brooklyn / NY. As a child and teenager, he drove all kinds of sports such as gymnastics, swimming, baseball and athletics. A regional weightlifting coach, Steve Wolsky, became aware of the strong young man and encouraged him to weight lifting. John Davis had him cut to the body of sport found. At the time he was 16 years old. In 1937 he raised in his first competition 270 kg in the Olympic triathlon. In the spring of 1938 he had already reached 365 kg and was taken away by the American Weightlifting Federation to the World Championships 1938 in Vienna. He was the great sensation, because he was the 17 -year-old superior to the world title at light heavyweight before the defending champion Fritz Haller, Austria and the Olympic champion Louis Hostin, France. A dream start for a career that will last until 1955 and ultimately bring John Davis, two Olympic gold medals should (1948 and 1952).
After completing his military service, Davis finally was able to continue his winning streak in 1946, when he scored his second of six titles at the World Championships in Paris. But in addition to his successes made Davis even outside competition stage sensation. So he came on September 13, 1949 in Paris, the famous French axis of strength athletes Louis Apollon weighing 182.5 kg with free converting what had only managed the Olympic champion in weightlifting in 1924 Charles Rigoulot before him. The difficulties in raising this axis formed firstly, its large diameter, making this could hardly covers with hands, and on the other the fact that the attached train wheels were rigidly mounted and therefore were not turning, which in turn extremely stressed wrists.
John Davis was against his opponent a comparatively lighter heavyweights, who only weighed about 105 kg. He was twice Olympic champion and won at the World Championships a total of six gold and one silver medal. Other possible Olympic medals remained Davis, however, fails because the Olympic Games in 1940 and 1944 not held due to World War 2.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Cup, S = Heavy weight, HS = light heavyweight )
National success
John Davis in 1939 and 1940 U.S. champion in the light heavyweight and 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 in the heavyweight division.
World Records
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In Olympic triathlon:
- 387.5 kg, 1938 in Vienna, HS,
- 455 kg, 1947 in Philadelphia, S,
- 460 kilograms, 1949 in New York, S,
- 467.5 kg, 1950 in York, S,
- 482.5 kg, 1951 in Buenos Aires, S