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Full name | Russel Prior | ||||||||||||||
Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | July 11, 1949||||||||||||||
Died | February 17, 2017[1] | (aged 67)||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Weight class | 110 kg | ||||||||||||||
Team | National team | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 10 January 2017 |
Russel "Russ" Prior (July 11, 1949 – February 17, 2017) [2] was a Canadian weightlifter, who represented Canada at international competitions.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, [2] Prior first became interested in weightlifting at the age of 15, after reading about the lifting performance of a local resident in a newspaper. His father built a gym in their house's basement, and Prior won multiple events at the CANUSA Games. Three times – in 1970, 1974, and 1978 – Prior won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, along with those titles, he earned three Pan American Games gold medals. [3] After not being able to compete at the 1972 Summer Olympics due to a back injury, [3] he won the bronze medal in the 110 kg snatch at the 1976 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting 167.5 kg. He participated at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 110 kg event, [4] and is credited with a ninth-place finish. [2] In 1978, Prior became the Commonwealth record-holder in the 110+ kg clean and jerk, by successfully lifting 210.5 kg. [5] Prior retired from the sport and moved to Winnipeg, where he became a high school teacher. [3]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Russel Prior | ||||||||||||||
Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | July 11, 1949||||||||||||||
Died | February 17, 2017[1] | (aged 67)||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Weight class | 110 kg | ||||||||||||||
Team | National team | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 10 January 2017 |
Russel "Russ" Prior (July 11, 1949 – February 17, 2017) [2] was a Canadian weightlifter, who represented Canada at international competitions.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, [2] Prior first became interested in weightlifting at the age of 15, after reading about the lifting performance of a local resident in a newspaper. His father built a gym in their house's basement, and Prior won multiple events at the CANUSA Games. Three times – in 1970, 1974, and 1978 – Prior won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, along with those titles, he earned three Pan American Games gold medals. [3] After not being able to compete at the 1972 Summer Olympics due to a back injury, [3] he won the bronze medal in the 110 kg snatch at the 1976 World Weightlifting Championships, lifting 167.5 kg. He participated at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 110 kg event, [4] and is credited with a ninth-place finish. [2] In 1978, Prior became the Commonwealth record-holder in the 110+ kg clean and jerk, by successfully lifting 210.5 kg. [5] Prior retired from the sport and moved to Winnipeg, where he became a high school teacher. [3]