Naim Süleymanoğlu
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Key facts
- Nickname
- The Pocket Hercules
- Nationality
- Turkish
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Born
- Naim Suleymanoglu , ( 1967-01-23 ) 23 January 1967 , Ptichar , Kardzhali Province , Bulgaria
- Died
- 18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) (aged 50), Istanbul , Turkey
- Years active
- 1982–2000
- Height
- 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) (2000)
- Weight
- 62 kg (137 lb) (2000)
- Country
- Bulgaria (1977–1986), Turkey (1986–2000)
- Sport
- Olympic weightlifting
- Event s
- 56 kg (1983), 60 kg (1985–1992), 64 kg (1993–1996), 62 kg (2000)
- Personal bests
- Snatch : 152.5 kg (1988, WR ) Clean & Jerk : 190.0 kg (1988, WR ) Total : 342.5 (1988, WR )
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 64
- Image
- Naim Süleymanoğlu mezar.jpg
- Height
- 147
- Number of children
- 4
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- date of birth
- 1967-01-23
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- Naim Süleymanoğlu
- date of death
- 2017-11-18
- name in native language
- Наим Сюлейманов
- pseudonym
- Cep Herkülü
- nickname
- The Pocket Hercules
- described at URL
- dbpedia.org/resource/Naim_Süleymanoğlu
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Naim Süleymanoğlu (23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set 51 world records. At 147 cm in height, Süleymanoğlu's short stature and great strength led to him being nicknamed "Pocket Hercules". He is widely considered as one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters of all time, with many calling him the best pound-for-pound weightlifter in the history of weightlifting.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Süleymanoğlu set multiple world records in the featherweight division in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total. Following the 1988 Summer Olympics, he made the cover of Time magazine. Süleymanoğlu went on to win Olympic gold in 1992 and 1996. He was awarded the Olympic Order in 2001. In 2000 and 2004, he was elected as a member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.