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Joseph Dube (born February 15, 1944 in Altha, Calhoun County, 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.〔("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)〕 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.〔(World Championship – Weightlifting Medalists ) ''hickoksports.com'' (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)〕 ==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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Dube」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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