John Davis (weightlifter)

For other persons named John Davis, see John Davis (disambiguation).

Olympic medal record
Men’s Weightlifting
Gold	1948 London	Heavyweight
Gold	1952 Helsinki	Heavyweight

John Henry Davis (January 12, 1921 – July 13, 1984) was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. He was self coached.

[edit] Weightlifting achievements

• Olympic Champion (1948 and 1952)


• Senior World Champion (1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, & 1951)


• Silver Medalist at Senior World Championships (1953)

[edit] External links

• John Davis - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange

v • d • e Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight 1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg 1920: Filippo Bottino • 1924: Giuseppe Tonani • 1928: Josef Straßberger • 1932: Jaroslav Skobla • 1936: Josef Manger • 1948+1952: John Davis • 1956: Paul Anderson • 1960: Yury Vlasov • 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky • 1972: Jaan Talts • 1976: Yuri Zaitsev • 1980: Leonid Taranenko • 1984: Norberto Oberburger • 1988: Yury Zakharevitch • 1992: Ronny Weller • 1996: Timur Taymazov • 2000: Hossein Tavakoli • 2004: Dmitry Berestov • 2008: Andrei Aramnau

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