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Norbert Schemansky

1924 - 2016

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Norbert Schemansky (May 30, 1924 – September 7, 2016) was an American weightlifter. He was the first weightlifter to win four Olympic medals, despite missing the 1956 Summer Olympics due to back problems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norbert Schemansky has received more than 78,002 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Norbert Schemansky is the 488th most popular athlete (down from 321st in 2019), the 6,611th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,602nd in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Norbert Schemansky ranks 488 out of 3,059Before him are Yordanka Blagoeva, Joseph Alzin, Galina Zybina, Ethel Catherwood, Bill Roberts, and Erik Adlerz. After him are Don Thompson, Gjermund Eggen, Márta Rudas, Jacques Noël, Rudolf Burkert, and John Eke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Norbert Schemansky ranks 305Before him are Russell M. Nelson, Valerio Bacigalupo, Antonio Creus, Kenneth Noland, Don Knotts, and Leonard Rosenman. After him are Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Jean Bartik, Aron Gurevich, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Audouin Dollfus, and Lola Albright. Among people deceased in 2016, Norbert Schemansky ranks 316Before him are Mother Angelica, Anton Yelchin, Elizabeth Roemer, Eliseo Prado, Luis Alberto Monge, and Hermann Kant. After him are Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Sándor Tarics, Alcindo, Valery Khalilov, Caio Júnior, and David Padilla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norbert Schemansky ranks 6,611 out of 18,182Before him are Will Keith Kellogg (1860), Philip Ahn (1905), Barry Van Dyke (1951), Loretta Devine (1949), Frank Norris (1870), and Larry Cohen (1936). After him are Yokozuna (1966), Tom Byron (1961), Judith Krantz (1928), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Russell Westbrook (1988), and Timothy Pickering (1745).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Norbert Schemansky ranks 100Before him are Bill Holland (1874), Barbara Jones (1937), Phil Heath (1979), Jim Lightbody (1882), Lillian Copeland (1904), and Ethel Catherwood (1908). After him are Ed Ablowich (1913), Arthur L. Newton (1883), James Quinn (1906), Ken Carpenter (1913), George Underwood (1884), and Rex Cawley (1940).