Pete George

Pete George
Personal information
Full name Peter T. George
Born June 29, 1929 (1929-06-29) (age 89)
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki-75 kg
1948 London-75 kg
1956 Melbourne-75 kg
Pan American Games
1951 Buenos AiresWeightlifting

Peter T. "Pete" George[1] (born June 29, 1929) is an American weightlifter and Olympic and World champion of Macedonian descent.[2] He won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[3] He also won 5 World championships outside of the Olympics in 1947, 1951, 1953, 1954, and 1955. He placed second at the World Championships in 1949, and 1950, making a total of 10 medals in World and Olympic competition. He also set 4 world records, 3 in the clean and jerk, and 1 in the total.

Born in Akron, Ohio,[1] he received silver medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London,[4] and at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[5]

He was the first 15-year-old to clean and jerk 300 lbs[6] and was the youngest senior state champion of Ohio at 14 and 1/2.

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Pete George". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ Ohio History Central
  3. ↑ "1952 Summer Olympics - Helsinki, Finland - Weightlifting" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 22, 2008).
  4. ↑ "1948 Summer Olympics - London, United Kingdom- Weightlifting" Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine. - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 22, 2008).
  5. ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics - Melbourne, Australia - Weightlifting" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 22, 2008).
  6. ↑ Honolulu Star-Bulletin


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