James_George_(weightlifter)

Jim George (weightlifter)

Jim George (weightlifter)

American weightlifter (born 1935)

James D. George (born June 1, 1935) is a retired American weightlifter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal, respectively.[1]

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George is the son of Bulgarian immigrants from Macedonia.[2] His elder brother, Pete George, is also a retired Olympic weightlifter. Jim was a four-time AAU champion and the 1959 Pan American champion in the light-heavyweight division. He also won four medals at the world championships (1955–1959) and set two world record (1956), in the snatch and clean and jerk.[1][3]

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    "Jim George". sports-reference. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014.
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    John D. Fair, Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell Muscletown USA; Penn State Press, 1999, ISBN 0271043253, p. 159.
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    James George. chidlovski.net


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