This is an exerpt from the article linked below. Thoight you might find it interesting.
"To date, he was the last American to win a gold medal in the Super Heavyweight Division. On June 12,1957, he lifted a total of 6,270 pounds in a backlift, which was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the greatest weight lifted by a human being."
http://www.mcshane-enterprises.com/ASL/anderson.html
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"To date, he was the last American to win a gold medal in the Super Heavyweight Division. On June 12,1957, he lifted a total of 6,270 pounds in a backlift, which was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the greatest weight lifted by a human being."
http://www.mcshane-enterprises.com/ASL/anderson.html
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Joker