Masters Lifters

Susan has been train­ing under the watch­ful eye of Coach Joe Tri­olo, she has already medalled in sev­eral weightlift­ing meets. Her tech­nique has been improv­ing and we expect her to be a major player on the lift­ing scene. Dur­ing the day …
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Raul has been lift­ing for almost 40 years. He has been train­ing dili­gently to pre­pare for an upcom­ing meet. We expect some big lifts from Raul. Raul will be lift­ing in the 2007 Amer­i­can mas­ters at the Lost Bat­tal­ion Hall in …
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Don is our most active mas­ter lifter. He is a fix­ture at all the local meets. The Met­ro­pol­i­tan Weightlift­ing Asso­ci­a­tion named Don as the 2004 Out­stand­ing Male Mas­ter Lifter. Don, who has been lift­ing for over 40 years, received his …
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Joel was lift­ing weights when Kennedy was in the White House. Now 45 years later he is still going strong. When not doing back flips in Cen­tral Park, Joel is an assis­tant coach and helps the younger lifters with their …
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Tom Hughes was one of the early LBH lifters in the 1960s. Now resid­ing in New Jer­sey, Tom is a retired mil­i­tary offi­cer. Active in national and local meets, Tom has achieved sev­eral Out­stand­ing Mas­ter Lifter awards and has recently …
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Mike Donn has been train­ing the Olympic lifts for over a year. His lifts have improved steadily and he already has one weightlift­ing meet and a medal under his belt. Coach Tri­olo has encour­aged Mike to lift in the 77kg …
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