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7/8/2008 ARTHUR FOX, Pittsburgh, PA, USA  

I just found your great web site. Even though I competed in local meets in the 1960s, and even trained in York for most of 1970, I retired from active OL, but still love to keep track of the old timers. During the year I spent in York, I met or trained at times with Bill Starr, Bednarski, Puleo, Knipp, Garcy, March, Rick Holbrook, Bob Hise III, Dave Rigert (met in 1978). I had not been aware of the death of Holbrook, who I talked with many times in the old York Gym, a very nice guy. Russ Knipp I knew had died, his OB was in the Pittsburgh papers, I met him twice, and I live about 1 mile from where he grew up in Pittsburgh. Bill Starr was always very polite and often talked with me in the gym, even though I was not a national caliber lifter. What became of him? I saw Tony Garcy (148lb), press an easy 275x3 in April 1965, during my first visit to York. He was gone when I moved there in 1970, what is he doing now? Sad about Grippaldi, what happened to these guys? Where is Lee James and Ike Berger? OH I did meet Tommy Kono at a powerlifting meet in Honolulu in 1966 or 1967 when I was stationed at Pearl Harbor during my 4 years in the US Navy. Also another story - in April of 1969 our ship went to Vancouver, British Columbia, western Canada, and it just happened to be on a weekend when Bob Bednarski and Bill Starr put on a Saturday morning exhibition at the University of BC of all places! that was the first time I ever saw these guys. Hey feel free to contact me folks, I have a few stories from the York days. By the way, We just stayed at the Yorktowne Hotel last week, I am working on a book about Gettysburg, and went by the former York Barbell Club building that is now a dry cleaners, sad, so many memories of so many people there - living and dead. My wife and I started our married life in a small apartment in west York over 38 years ago, and although we only lived there for less than a year, and York has changed much, it is still a special place to us.

6/16/2008 CHRIS HOLBROOK, chicago, IL, US  

did anybody know Thomas Holbrook (brother of Rick), from the Chicago area?

5/20/2008 MEL ARNOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA  

Art,
This is a great weightlifting site. I came across it after I googled 'Bob Bednarski' in an effort to get some info on lifters from the 60's and 70's. It was like finding a big stack of 40 year old Strength & Health magazines. Great work! Keep it up.

5/19/2008 STEVE LOFE, U.S.A.  

I would like to see some footage of Leif Jensen from the 72 olympics. He pulled a big upset.It is a shame you don`t have that film. He held two world records and won olymipic gold.

4/20/2008 Arthur Chidlovski, Boston, MA, USA  liftup.chidlovski.net/

Thanks for a pointer on correction of the info about two Tigran Martirosyans that won gold medals at the 2008 Europeans - it was most helpful!

4/20/2008 Tigran MARTITOSYAN, None  

I didn't know, where else to leave the comment: Tigran MARTITOSYAN, is listed as the winner of two categories at 2008 European Championship, but actually these are two different lifter. Apart from that, I think this website is really informative.

4/8/2008 Georges MELKI, Lebanon  

Congratulations on this excellent site!It contains all what weightlifting fans need to know about their favorite sport.
I have one question, though: why isn't A.Pisarenko, who was one of the very greatest of lifters, listed in the Honored Athletes list? I think he largely deserves to be there, together with his peers, Kurlovitch, Taranenko, Alexeev and the rest of them!

3/20/2008 C JONES, Jacksonville, Alabama, USA  

Does anyone remember Don De Pasqual from the 1950-1960's? I know he received several European medals and was at an event in Germany in October 1962.
Does anyone know what event that could have been?
He was in the US Army and stationed in France at the time. I found an old post newspaper that mentioned he was in hard training for the event.
Thanks!!

3/8/2008 Arthur Chidlovski, boston, ma, usa  liftup.chidlovski.net

Patrick Joseph Holbrook Jr., age 59, loving father of Tasha Holbrook, Kari (Thomas) Bonner and Shawn Holbrook; proud grandfather of five; brother of Barbara (Joseph) Parzych, Kathleen (Dave) Murray, Mary Ann (Al) Pohl and the late Thomas Holbrook; uncle of many nieces and nephews. A Committal Service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Chapel Hill Gardens South Cemetery, 11333 S. Central Ave., Oak Lawn. For info call Blake-Lamb Funeral Home. (Published in the Chicago Tribune on 12/27/2007.) Information provided by Tom Ryan @ Go Heavy.

3/6/2008 MICHAEL J MAJKOWSKI, Slate Hill, NY, USA  

Sadly I read on Wikepedia that Rick Holbrook died on 12-21-2007.