Senior Lifters

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More peo­ple than we can count have graced the plat­forms at LBH since Mor­ris Weiss­brot founded the Olympic weightlift­ing pro­gram in 1962. We’re try­ing to com­pile an e-​​​​mail list of cur­rent and past LBH team mem­bers as well as update the …
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Jimmy Ellis

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Lift­ing as a 69 kg and 77 kg lifter Jimmy has snatched over body­weight. It seems like Jimmy is mak­ing per­sonal records every week. With some more train­ing Jimmy could qual­ify for the Amer­i­can Cham­pi­onships in the near future. Jimmy is …
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Jes­sica Carrero

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Coach Tri­olo thought he died and went to Olympic weightlift­ing heaven when Jes­sica strolled into the gym. Nat­u­rally strong, genet­i­cally gifted, and ded­i­cated to get­ting stronger, Jes­sica has shocked the weightlift­ing world. Under coach Joe Tri­olo, she has qual­i­fied for and …
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Yoon Sohn

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Yoon’s explo­sive style and rock-​​​​solid bot­tom posi­tion are demon­stra­tive of a nat­ural Olympic lifter. Train­ing under coach Joe Tri­olo and assis­tant coach Jeff Scott, Yoon recently qual­i­fied for the 2007 Empire State Games. Although train­ing barely a year, Yoon is already …
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Tom Sit­tinger

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An all around ath­lete and phys­i­cal fit­ness buff, Tom cor­rectly decided to focus his energy on the king of sports — Olympic lift­ing. Train­ing under Coach Tri­olo, Tom has already hoisted some hefty weights. We are look­ing to see Tom …
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Den­nis Mitsanis

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For­mer body­builder, Den­nis has been lift­ing for two years under Coach Tri­olo. After win­ning and plac­ing in sev­eral local and regional meets, Den­nis has just qual­i­fied for the 2007 Empire State Games. When not lift­ing Den­nis works as a per­sonal …
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John Alston

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For­mer Golden Glove boxer, John lives in Bush­wick Brook­lyn and com­mutes to the Lost Bat­tal­ion Hall on the L train. A quick learner and nat­ural ath­lete, he has already medalled in sev­eral weightlift­ing con­tests. His power snatch is sec­ond to none, …
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David Tieu

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David com­mutes from the Bronx to the Lost Bat­tal­ion Hall. David has been per­fect­ing his lift­ing tech­nique with the assis­tance of Coach Joe Tri­olo and Len Bacino. Already snatch­ing over body­weight, we expect David to be a major player on …
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Hubert Kostro

Hubert started lift­ing in the sum­mer of 2005 and is quickly mas­ter­ing the Olympic lifts. He has nat­ural flex­i­bil­ity, speed, and ath­letic abil­ity, which will serve him well in his first com­pe­ti­tion. Hubert is such a ded­i­cated lifter that he’ll …
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Oskar Novakovsky

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Oskar hails from the Ukraine in the for­mer USSR. Pound-​​​​for-​​​​pound Oskar is one of our strongest lifters. He recently com­peted in the 2005 New York State Empire State Games and at meets in Con­necti­cut and New Jer­sey. The enter­tain­ing and …
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