Joseph Dube

Joseph Dube (born February 15, 1944 in Altha, Florida) is an American weightlifter, world champion, Olympic Games medalist and strongman competitor. He received a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. As of 2015 he is still the last male American weightlifter to win the World Championships in Olympic weightlifting, accomplishing this feat at the World Championships in 1969 in Warsaw, Poland.

Weightlifting achievements

  • First teen age weightlifter in the world to clean and press 400 lbs. accomplished Feb. 1964.
  • Gold Medal Pan American Games (1967)
  • Tied for 1st(silver medal due to bodyweight) at the Little Olympics (1967)
  • Tied for 2nd(Bronze medal due to bodyweight) in 1968 Olympics and World Championships (1968)
  • Gold Medal World Weightlifting Championships (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

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