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Meh, that can't really be it, but he holds the record for most consecutive victories by a professional heavyweight and is the only world heavyweight champion to retire undefeated.

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05-13-2008 , 05:29 PM

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David Sklansky

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The guy has an Olympic Gold Medal

The world record I am speaking of is not in an Olympic event.

Although he was the best in the world in his Olympic event, he was better yet at events that were similar that were not part of the Olympics. In fact he was unimaginably good at them. The difference between him and the second best in the world at the time, was HUGE. Much more than the difference between Tiger Woods and whoever was second. Which is of course the reason that even modern day athletes are probably incapable of surpassing him.

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05-13-2008 , 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by eurythmech

I was thinking about standing high jump or something like that, half-way through the thread.

A thousand people could probably beat that record nowadays.

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05-13-2008 , 05:33 PM

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Jesus Christ, no one is going to guess it, stop being an attention whore and just come out and say this miraculous record.

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05-13-2008 , 05:33 PM

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getterdone36

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i think i know is his initials JT or JO

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05-13-2008 , 05:33 PM

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wisehandpoker

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someone message me when the answer is revealed. The content in this thread is going to be like an elimination episode of American Idol.

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05-13-2008 , 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky

A thousand people could probably beat that record nowadays.

Might very well be true. I just imagined it as an event that possibly hasn't been competed in over the last few decades.

So is this a track & fielder?
You say tens of millions would recognize his name.
The only well known track & fielder from that era that I can think of is Al Oerter.
Anyone else know of other famous ones?

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05-13-2008 , 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by getterdone36

i think i know is his initials JT

No. Who are you talking about?

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05-13-2008 , 05:39 PM

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Ledders

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a swimming person?

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05-13-2008 , 05:40 PM

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Paul Anderson's back lift?

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05-13-2008 , 05:40 PM

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I know the answer but I'm 26

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05-13-2008 , 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dudd

Jesus Christ, no one is going to guess it, stop being an attention whore and just come out and say this miraculous record.

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Originally Posted by Dudd

Jesus Christ, no one is going to guess it, stop being an attention whore and just come out and say this miraculous record.

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Originally Posted by Dudd

Jesus Christ, no one is going to guess it, stop being an attention whore and just come out and say this miraculous record.

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Originally Posted by Dudd

Jesus Christ, no one is going to guess it, stop being an attention whore and just come out and say this miraculous record.

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Originally Posted by Dudd

Jesus Christ, no one is going to guess it, stop being an attention whore and just come out and say this miraculous record.

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Originally Posted by Dudd

Jesus Christ, no one is going to guess it, stop being an attention whore and just come out and say this miraculous record.

QFT X100

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05-13-2008 , 05:44 PM

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getterdone36

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky

No. Who are you talking about?

I meant JO Jesse Owens

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05-13-2008 , 05:45 PM

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I was temp-banned for a day for "trivia-tarding" in OOT. True story.

Initials BD?

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05-13-2008 , 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SL__72

Paul Anderson's back lift?

Finally

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05-13-2008 , 05:48 PM

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FlyWf

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Hey I was right. This is the worst game of 20 questions ever

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05-13-2008 , 05:49 PM

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who the hell is paul anderson

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05-13-2008 , 05:50 PM

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Anderson turned professional at a fairly young age and many of his feats of strength, while generally credible, were not done under rigorous enough conditions to be 'official'. Nevertheless, he was at one time listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for a backlift of 6270 pounds. That was eventually removed because of a lack of verification, however, and indeed there is no evidence that the lift ever occurred.

Epic fail.

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05-13-2008 , 05:52 PM

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From wiki:

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so it's an unverified record. that doesn't mean it necessarily happened.

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05-13-2008 , 05:52 PM

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Epic fail.

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05-13-2008 , 05:52 PM

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Dudd -

I like your style.

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05-13-2008 , 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by David Sklansky

Many millions of people know about it. Tens of millions would recognize his name. I just am surprised its not more.

LIES
LIES
LIES

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05-13-2008 , 05:53 PM

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I think I once read about some sprinter who was also insanely good at running backward, and often staged exhibitions where he would race backward against other people running normally, and win. Please tell me we aren't talking about that guy.

Edit: Good, we weren't talking about him. We were talking about something that might have happened... or not... instead.

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05-13-2008 , 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Hopey

Something tells me that when DS finally tells us the answer, we're going to be disappointed...then angry.

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05-13-2008 , 05:58 PM

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Hes the third paul anderson that comes up on google.

Variance: I actually went to his wiki page when I was browsing through gold medal winners in the 1956 olympics but didnt poast itt.

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