Tony Terlazzo

Anthony Terlazzo (July 28, 1911 – March 26, 1966) was an Italian-born American weightlifter.

He was America's first weightlifter to win an Olympic gold medal, which he had done in 1936.

[2] Terlazzo won two world (1937–38) and 12 national titles, which remains the highest number for any American weightlifter.

[3] Between 1935 and 1938 he set five ratified world records: three in the press and two in the clean and jerk.

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