Weightlifters

Dres­din Archibald’s in-​​depth sum­mary of the amaz­ing career of Pol­ish weightlift­ing great Wal­der­mar Baszanowski, who remains active in the sport and revered as a leg­end to this day.
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With the recent death of Doug Hep­burn (CAN) in Van­cou­ver there is renewed inter­est in this man and his role in the devel­op­ment of our sport. Any dis­cus­sion of Doug Hep­burn auto­mat­i­cally brings up the name of Paul Ander­son (USA) …
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Guest author Dres­din Archibald’s thought­ful and knowl­edge­able look at over­looked leg­end John Henry Davis, the Amer­i­can weightlifter who was unde­feated for a 15-​​year period and ruled the sport in his day.
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The fol­low­ing was con­tributed by for­mer LBH lifter Bill Stone. We encour­age oth­ers to con­tribute con­tent such as sto­ries, opin­ions, pic­tures, cor­rec­tions, or com­ments. I first met Mor­ris Weiss­brot at a weightlift­ing meet in 1953. I was a stu­dent at …
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Editor’s Notes Those of you that are new to Olympic weightlift­ing may not know of Mor­ris Weiss­brot. You should. Mor­ris founded the Lost Bat­tal­ion Hall Weightlift­ing Team way back in 1962, and was instru­men­tal in keep­ing the team and the …
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