Naim Süleymanoğlu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Naim Süleymanoğlu

Turkish weightlifter

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1967

Place of Birth: Ptichar, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria

Date of Death: 18-Nov-2017

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: Turkey, Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Naim Süleymanoglu (23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Turkish world and Olympic Champion in weightlifting, who was nicknamed “The Pocket Hercules” because of his small stature of 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in).
In the 1988 Summer Olympics, he set a record by lifting 190 kg in the clean and jerk.
He was awarded the Olympic Order in 2001.
In 2000 and 2004, he was elected a member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.Süleymanoglu is the first and only weightlifter to have snatched 2.5 times his body weight and also is the second of only seven lifters to date to clean and jerk three times his body weight.
He is the only weightlifter to date to clean and jerk 10 kilos more than triple his bodyweight..
So he is widely considered as the best pound for pound weightlifter of all time.