David Carlyle Ashman (October 13, 1932 – July 20, 1984) was an American male weightlifter, who competed in the heavyweight class and represented the United States at international competitions.

[4] He won the silver medal at the 1958 World Weightlifting Championships in the +90 kg category,[5] losing to Russian Alexei Medvedev of the Soviet Union.

Ashman, then 25, held a full-time job as an accountant in his hometown of Norwood, Massachusetts at the time.

[6] setting a Pan American Games super-heavy weight record of 1,047 pounds (475 kg) to defeat Humberto Selvetti of Argentina.

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