Joseph Dube (born February 15, 1944 in [Altha, Florida], [Calhoun County, Florida]) is an American

United States

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 weightlifter, former world champion, Olympic Games medalist and strongman

Strongman

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 competitor. He received a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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. As of 2010 he is still the last American weightlifter to win the World Championships in Olympic weightlifting, accomplishing this feat at the World Championships in 1969 in Warsaw

Warsaw

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, Poland

Poland

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Weightlifting achievements

• First teen age weightlifter in the world to clean and press 400 lbs. accomplished Feb. 1964.
• Pan American Games
  Pan American Games
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   gold medalist (1967)
• Bronze medalist in Olympic Games
  Olympic Games
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   (1968)
• Bronze medalist World Weightlifting Championships
  World Weightlifting Championships
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   (1968)
• World Weightlifting Championships
  World Weightlifting Championships
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   gold medalist (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

Best official lifts

• Press 463 lb (210 kg)
• Snatch 369 lb (166 kg)
• Clean & jerk 474 lb (215 kg)
• Total 1300 lb (591 kg)