Tony Terlazzo
Anthony Terlazzo ( born July 28, 1911 in Patti, Italy, † March 26, 1966 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American weightlifter.
Career
He was the son of Italian immigrants in the 1920s. In New York, landed, he drove first as a child and teenager many sports before it, because he was very small and light and wanted to be stronger, came to weight lifting. One project, which, as it turned out later, fully succeeded. At the York Barbell Club he had the best possible support at that time. At the Olympic Games 1932 in Los Angeles, he was the first American to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting. 1936, at the Olympic Games in Berlin, he won superior featherweight and was Olympic champion. By 1947 Anthony Terlazzo remained in the world class powerlifter.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Fe = Featherweight, Le = lightweight, FK = pentathlon )
U.S. Championships
1932, 260 kg, Fe - 1933 with 302.5 kg, Le - 1935 with 457.5 kg, FK, Le - 1936 with 315 kg, Fe - 1937 with 355 kg, Le - 1938 with 347.5 kg, Le - 1939, 365 kg, Le - with 1945 - 1940 350 kg, Le - 1941 362.5 kg Le - 1942 with 345 kg, Le - 1943 362.5 kg Le - 1944 362.5 kg Le 345 kg, Le.
World Records
In beidarmigen Press:
In beidarmigen Launched:
In Olympic triathlon:
- 312.5 kg, 1936 in Berlin, Fe,
- 342.5 kg, 1937 in Chicago, Le,
- 357.5 kg in Paris, Le,
- 374 kg in New York, Le.