[1] While wearing the military club's colors, Stefan Achim has won in 1951, at the 8th edition of the National Weightlifting Championship, his first title as a champion and national record holder in 56 kg weight category, whilst being the first Romanian to ever use the lifting technique called "hockey".
Considered to be among the world's best weightlifting coaches, Stefan Achim and his national team athletes have won a great number of medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Along with Ilie Dancea, he laid the foundation of the weightlifting section of the Steaua Club by bringing in athletes from the Constanta-based Navy.
Many of them have later on become national record holders: Silviu Cazan, Eremia Delca and Atila Vasarhely.
They have become versed in the "hockey" lifting technique that Stefan Achim used to break a new national record in 1951 at the 82.5 kg category.