The Greatest Weightlifting Athlete at the Olympic Games
Who is the greatest Weightlifting athlete of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each male and female Weightlifting athlete from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The best all-time performing Weightlifting athlete at the Olympic Games is Pyrros Dimas of Greece with three gold medals and one bronze. See the table below to see how other athletes ranked.
See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.
Top Olympic Athletes From Weightlifting
Here are the top-ranked athletes from the sport of Weightlifting for performances at all Olympiads, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt). Only those with 3 or more golds are listed.
Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Weightlifting at the Olympic Games (including Tokyo 2020)
| rank | name | country | gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total medals |
rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrros Dimas | Greece | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| =2 | Kakhi Kakhiashvili | Greece | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| =2 | Halil Mutlu | Türkiye | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| =2 | Naim Süleymanoğlu | Türkiye | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Related Pages
- List of the best athlete from each Olympic sport
- The greatest ever Olympic athlete
- About Olympic Medal Ranking Systems
- medal tables from all Olympic Games
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