Naim Süleymanoglu

About Naim Süleymanoglu

Naim Süleymanoglu is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting. he became pound-for-pound the strongest man ever by lifting 3.17 times his body weight in the 1988 Summer Olympics (190 kg in clean and jerk). He won three Olympic, seven world Championships and six European titles and set 46 world records.

Career Highlights:

• Naim Süleymanoglu won three Olympic gold medals, seven world Championships medals and six European titles
  
• 10th place in our list of Top 10 Weightlifters of All Time.
  
• He became the strongest man ever while lifting 3.16 times of his body weight at Summer Olympics clean and jerk event in 1988. 
  
• Naim Süleymanoglu set 46 world records during his active weightlifting career and is the athlete to clean and jerk 10 Kgs more than triple of his bodyweight.
  
• He received the Olympic Order in 2001 and was inducted in the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 2004.
  

Naim Süleymanoglu Achievements

Gold Medal Records:

Olympic Games:

• 1988 Olympic Games -60 kg
  
• 1992 Olympic Games -60 kg
  
• 1996 Olympic Games -64 kg
  

World Championships:

• 1989 World Weightlifting Championships -60 kg
  
• 1991 World Weightlifting Championships -60 kg
  
• 1993 World Weightlifting Championships 64 kg
  
• 1994 World Weightlifting Championships -64 kg
  
• 1995 World Weightlifting Championships -64 kg
  

European Championships:

• 1994 Sokolov -64 kg
  
• 1995 Warsaw -64 kg
  
• 2000 Sofia-64 kg
  

World Championships:

• 1985 European Weightlifting Championships -60 kg
  
• 1986 European Weightlifting Championships -60 kg
  

Friendship Games:

• 1984 Friendship Games -56 kg