Tommy Kono (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tamio "Tommy" Kono (born June 27, 1930) was a U.S. weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s.Kono is the only lifter to have set world records in four different weightlifting classes: lightweight (149 pounds or 67.5 kilograms), middleweight (165 lb or 75 kg), light-heavyweight (182 lb or 82.5 kg), and middle-heavyweight (198 lb or 90 kg).He won a Gold Medal at both the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games, and a Silver Medal at the 1960 Olympics. He was world champion from 1953-1959 and set 21 world records. He was the Pan-Am Games champion in 1955, 1959, and 1963. In 1976, he coached the United States' Olympic weightlifting team in the Montreal Games.He was also a successful Bodybuilder, winning the Mr. Universe title in 1955 and 1957.