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Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic Gold Medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday. He was 50.
Suleymanoglu was considered one of the sport’s greatest athletes and earned his nickname for his strength and diminutive size. He died at an Istanbul hospital where he was receiving treatment for cirrhosis of the liver. He had been in intensive care since Sept. 28 and received a liver transplant in October, according to Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency.
The 4-foot-10 weightlifter won three straight Olympic gold medals for Turkey between 1988 and 1996. The Bulgarian-born Suleymanoglu could lift three times his weight.
He came out of retirement to try for a fourth gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 but missed all three of his lifts.
“I know only gold,” Suleymanoglu said when he returned to competition. “I do not know about silver or bronze.”
Suleymanoglu also won seven world and six European championships.
He was born to an ethnic Turkish family in Bulgaria, and defected to Turkey in 1986 while training in Australia.
Regarded as a national hero in his adopted country, Suleymanoglu captured the hearts of Turks after winning his first gold at Seoul, South Korea, in 1988. Whenever Suleymanoglu returned home from a tournament, he would be greeted by thousands of fans who would lift him up on their shoulders.
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RIP , the guy was a beast
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:(. This is a big one as far as Olympic Lifting goes. Interesting story to his younger life too -
http://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2017/11/19/pocket-hercules-naim-suleymanoglu-brought-to-turkey-with-a-war-of-secret-agents .
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(http://bbhpmcdn-mauropierini.netdna-ssl.com/forum/attachments/rest-pause/12198d1365254565-mentzer-suleymanoglu-dilemma-ercole.png).
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RIP Pocket Hercules
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Incredible athlete.
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Pound for pound greatest weightlifter ever.
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An absolutely amazing weightlifter. Genetically perfect for the sport. How did he die?
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An absolutely amazing weightlifter. Genetically perfect for the sport. How did he die?
Cirrhosis of the liver.
Read that he was a heavy drinker and smoker.
Sad.
PIP.
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Had a clean and jerk PB of 420 lbs weighing only 140 pounds. Insane!
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Amazing athlete, right up there with Ed Coan and Dan Green as far as I'm concerned.
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Amazing lifter, incredible speed getting under the bar. Shame his life was cut short.
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Amazing athlete, right up there with Ed Coan and Dan Green as far as I'm concerned.
Hard to compare who is better between the two sports. But overall I would give more respect to the sporting achievements of a weightlifter over a power lifter.
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Hard to compare who is better between the two sports. But overall I would give more respect to the sporting achievements of a weightlifter over a power lifter.
Yep, weightlifters are up there with brain surgeons and rocket scientists
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Probably had nuthin to do with all the steroids he took....Probably some congenital condition.
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Unlikely steroid related. He became a very heavy drinker as a national celebrity which caused this.
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Probably had nuthin to do with all the steroids he took....Probably some congenital condition.
The dosages a guy like that took were minute compared to the average bodybuilder. His whole cycle wouldn't even last a whole day for the average pro bb. I say alcohol.
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The dosages a guy like that took were minute compared to the average bodybuilder. His whole cycle wouldn't even last a whole day for the average pro bb. I say alcohol.
Agree.
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He was not looking good the last few years -
(http://picload.org/image/dgidaopi/a12.jpg).
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Here's a list of young weightlifting deaths -
http://wlforums.com/forums/showthread.php?1899-Weightlifters-who-died-young/ .
Seems heart disease and traffic accidents are the most common way.
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I thought he was Halil Mutlu!
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I thought he was Halil Mutlu!
Halil Mutlu is another legend
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Halil Mutlu..
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The next one of those mini supermen trains at my gym.
Remember the name Mark Jenkins.
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Did he score the win?
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Probably a combination of drinking heavy oral steroid use tested athetes tend to like orals a lot and my guess he would have had to take a lot look at his legs they have dbol bloat
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how many girls did he fuck?
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He was talking 150mg of dbol a day at least for years that's what his coaches say. Couple that with a liter of vodka a day almost anyone will have problems hell it's amazing he did as well as he did supposed he was talking it all with out really coming off for years.