Russ Prior

Russ Prior
Personal information
Full name Russel Prior
Born (1949-07-11)July 11, 1949
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died February 17, 2017(2017-02-17) (aged 67)[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight 110 kg (243 lb)[2]
Sport
Country  Canada
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class 110 kg
Team National team
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Canada
World Championships
1976 110 kg (snatch)
Updated on 10 January 2017.

Russel "Russ" Prior (July 11, 1949 – February 17, 2017)[2] was a Canadian weightlifter, who represented Canada at international competitions.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario,[2] Prior first became interested in weightlifting at the age of 15, after reading about the lifting performance of a local resident in a newspaper. His father built a gym in their house's basement, and Prior won multiple events at the CANUSA Games. Three times – in 1970, 1974, and 1978 – Prior won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, along with those titles, he earned three Pan American Games gold medals.[3] After not being able to compete at the 1972 Summer Olympics due to a back injury,[3] he won the bronze medal in the 110 kg snatch at the 1976 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting 167.5 kg. He participated at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 110 kg event,[4] and is credited with a ninth-place finish.[2] In 1978, Prior became the Commonwealth record-holder in the 110+ kg clean and jerk, by successfully lifting 210.5 kg.[5] Prior retired from the sport and moved to Winnipeg, where he became a high school teacher.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Lassen, Moira J. (February 24, 2017). "Russ Prior passed away". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Russ Prior". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Fitz-Gerald, Tony (27 September 2000). "Tired of weighting; Hamilton Olympian Russ Prior is happy to live his life in obscurity". The Hamilton Spectator. p. C4.
  4. ↑ "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Russ Prior" (PDF). iwf.net. pp. 102–125. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Weightlifting championships: Russ Prior sets record for Commonwealth". The Globe and Mail. 27 March 1978. p. S4.


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