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Title: here's a question for you ???????
Post by: funk51 on February 27, 2014, 11:59:08 AM: which famous bodybuilder shook adolf hitler's hand at the 1936 olympics?????? and no it wasn't arnold schwa.....zzer.
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Post by: Montague on February 27, 2014, 07:10:27 PM: Grimek competed at the '36 games.
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Post by: funk51 on February 28, 2014, 11:10:09 AM: Quote from: Montague on February 27, 2014, 07:10:27 PM
Grimek competed at the '36 games.
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you got it monty, grinek told this to bill pearl slightly before jcg died. he came in 9 th among the heavyweights that year. tony terlazzo was the the only american to win a gold that year. i actually met his brother john terlazzo several times when i bought equipment at the york barbell factory[he waited on me] in the mid 60's that's 1960's of course.
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Post by: funk51 on February 28, 2014, 11:11:45 AM: ;D 40's team
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Post by: Joe Roark on February 28, 2014, 11:47:58 AM: Yup, results in Strength & Health mag:

Oct 1936 p 32 @ olympic lifting 253- 231- 302.5-= 786.5 for a 9th place finish in the heavywt class which had 13 competitors.
Title: Re: here's a question for you ???????
Post by: funk51 on February 28, 2014, 12:19:05 PM: Quote from: Joe Roark on February 28, 2014, 11:47:58 AM
Yup, results in Strength & Health mag:

Oct 1936 p 32 @ olympic lifting 253- 231- 302.5-= 786.5 for a 9th place finish in the heavywt class which had 13 competitors.
thanks joe saves me looking it up. i'm not sure but didn't josef manger win the class.[not sure will check.
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Post by: Montague on February 28, 2014, 04:34:11 PM: Quote from: funk51 on February 28, 2014, 11:10:09 AM
you got it monty, grinek told this to bill pearl slightly before jcg died. he came in 9 th among the heavyweights that year. tony terlazzo was the the only american to win a gold that year. i actually met his brother john terlazzo several times when i bought equipment at the york barbell factory[he waited on me] in the mid 60's that's 1960's of course.

I recalled Grimek being an Olympian then, but never knew about the handshake deal. I don't even know much about history; this just happened to be one of the random facts floating around in my barren head!

:)
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Post by: ritch on June 14, 2015, 10:21:56 AM: Was a pic taken of that handshake? Grimek was pretty jacked gotta say...
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Post by: funk51 on June 16, 2015, 10:21:46 AM: Quote from: ritch on June 14, 2015, 10:21:56 AM
Was a pic taken of that handshake? Grimek was pretty jacked gotta say...
never saw one just heard about it somewhere or other.
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 16, 2015, 03:09:46 PM: I remember an interview where Grimek said he expected to be in the light heavy weight category for the Olympics. They had a crazy rule back then if you competed in a heavier category you couldn't go back to the lighter one. He would have won Gold.