weightlifting champion
Strongman contest winner
A weightlifting champion is someone who has won a competition in the sport of weightlifting, which involves lifting heavy barbells overhead.
The title may be qualified by level or category: a world weightlifting champion, the Olympic weightlifting champion in the 81-kilogram class.
Informally, the term extends to anyone notably strong: He appointed himself the weightlifting champion of the office gym.
- strongmanPowerful lifter or despot
- world recordHighest documented achievement globally
- barbellWeighted exercise apparatus
- deadliftGround-to-hip barbell raise
- gold medalAward for winning
podium · national team · muscles · snatch · clean and jerk · powerlifter · gym · iron · plates · chalk · grip · trophy · record-breaker · training regimen · squat · bench press · sweat · veins
weightlifting championendurance athlete
Competitor in prolonged physical events
distance runner · ultramarathoner · jockey · gymnast · flyweight
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