Tony Terlazzo

{{Short description|American weightlifter (1911–1966)}}

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|caption=Terlazzo at the 1936 Olympics

|birth_date= July 28, 1911

|birth_place= Patti, Sicily, Italy

| death_date = March 26, 1966 (aged 54)

| death_place = Los Angeles, U.S.

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1936 Berlin|-60 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|1932 Los Angeles|-60 kg}}

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{{MedalGold|1937 Paris|-67.5 kg}}

{{MedalGold|1938 Vienna|-67.5 kg}}

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Anthony Terlazzo (July 28, 1911 – March 26, 1966) was an Italian-born American weightlifter. He was America's first weightlifter to win an Olympic gold medal, which he had done in 1936.{{cite web|title=Legacy of Iron by Brooks Kubik|url=http://brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.html|publisher=Brooks Kubik|accessdate=February 6, 2013}} He also won a bronze medal at the 1932 Games. While winning the 1936 gold medal Terlazzo set Olympic records in the total, at 312.5 kg (687.5 lbs), and in the snatch, at 97.5 kg (214.5 lbs).{{cite web|title=Tony Terlazzo's winning Snatch Lift at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin {{!}} Oldtime Strongman |url=http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blogs/new-blog/2012-06/17-541-tony-terlazzos-winning-lift|publisher=Old Time Strong Man|accessdate=February 6, 2013}}

Terlazzo won two world (1937–38) and 12 national titles, which remains the highest number for any American weightlifter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235955/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/tony-terlazzo-1.html Tony Terlazzo]. sports-reference.com Between 1935 and 1938 he set five ratified world records: three in the press and two in the clean and jerk.[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=271 Anthony Terlazzo]. chidlovski.net