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| Born | October 17, 1932 Toccoa, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 15, 1994 (aged 61) Vidalia, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 360 lb (163 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Glenda Garland
(m. 1959) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Olympic weightlifting, strongman, powerlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932 – August 15, 1994) was an American weightlifter, powerlifter and strongman. He was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-time national champion in Olympic weightlifting.[3] Anderson contributed significantly to the development of competitive powerlifting and is widely considered one of the strongest humans in history.
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- ^ "Olympic Weightlifting On the Web!". LiftTilyaDie.Com. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Anderson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.