Joseph Dube
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's weightlifting | ||
Representing  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1968 Mexico City | +90 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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1968 Mexico City | +90 kg |
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1969 Warsaw | +110 kg |
| Pan American Games | ||
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1967 Winnipeg | +90 kg |
| Competition record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Strongman | ||
| Representing United States
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| World's Strongest Man |
Joseph Dube (born February 15, 1944 in Altha, Florida) is an American weightlifter, world champion, Olympic Games medalist and strongman competitor. He received a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1][2] As of 2015 he is still the last male American weightlifter to win the World Championships in Olympic weightlifting, accomplishing this feat at the World Championships in 1969 in Warsaw, Poland.[3]
Dube is also an artist and has work on display with the Art of the Olympians.[4]
Weightlifting achievements
- First teen age weightlifter in the world to clean and press 400 lbs. accomplished Feb. 1964.
- Gold Medal Pan American Games (1967)
- Tied for 1st(silver medal due to bodyweight) at the Little Olympics (1967)
- Tied for 2nd(Bronze medal due to bodyweight) in 1968 Olympics and World Championships (1968)
- Gold Medal World Weightlifting Championships (1969)
- America's Cup champion (1980)
- First American weightlifter to total 1300 lbs. in three Olympic lifts
- Set twelve American and four world records during career
- Inducted in Weightlifting Hall of Fame, York, PA
Best official lifts
- Press 463 lb (210 kg)
- Snatch 369 lb (166 kg)
- Clean & jerk 474 lb (215 kg)
- Total 1300 lb (591 kg)
Best unofficial lifts
- Press 475 lb
- Snatch 385 lb
- Clean & jerk 485 lb
Notes of interest
- Guest of President Richard Nixon at the White House
- Special appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Keeps up with the sport and regularly gives training advice to young lifters.
- An artist of portraits, wildlife in colored pencils, using charcoal and pastels.
- Enjoys riding his motorcycle and goes to Bike Week every year in Daytona Beach, Florida.
- Mentioned briefly in the novel The Book of Air and Shadows, whose fictional protagonist is said to have competed in the 1968 Summer Games.
- Competed in the 1979 World's Strongest Man competition, finishing in 7th place.
References
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 22, 2008)
- ^ Profile: Joe Dube sports-reference.com (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)
- ^ World Championship – Weightlifting Medalists hickoksports.com (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)
- ^ "Art of the Olympians | Joe Dube". artoftheolympians.org. Retrieved 2015-12-22.