Ken Patera

Ken Patera

Kenneth Wayne Patera is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor from the United States. Ken Patera, from a Czech-American family, was strong and extraordinarily athletic, with many people in his family also successful in athletics. His brother, Jack Patera, played football for the Baltimore Colts and was the head coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 1976 until 1982. His brother, Dennis Patera, played for the San Francisco 49ers. Ken played football at Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon, and wrestled at 193 pounds. Track and field was his first love, however, and he competed in the high hurdles and high jump, but a serious ankle injury forced him to switch to the shot put and discus in high school. Ken grew to become one of the nation's premier track and field weight throwers, competing at Brigham Young University. After his disappointing 6th-place finish in the shot-put at the 1968 Olympic trials, he turned his full and complete attention towards Olympic weightlifting. Before becoming a professional wrestler, Patera was a highly decorated Olympic weightlifter. He won several medals at the 1971 Pan-American Games (including gold in the weightlifting total), and finished second in the 1971 World Weightlifting Championships just behind Vasily Alekseyev. On his native soil, Patera won four consecutive U.S. Weightlifting Championships in the super heavyweight class from 1969 to 1972. He was the first American to clean and jerk over 500 lbs (227 kg), which he accomplished at the 1972 Senior Nationals in Detroit. He is also the only American to clean and press 500 lbs (227 kg), and was the last American super heavyweight for years to excel at weightlifting at an international level.[6] At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Patera was expected to be a serious competitor to Vasily Alekseyev, but he failed to total and was not among the medal recipients. Vasily Alekseyev even stated to the media that Patera was even stronger than him, illustrated by a 550-pound overhead push press (off the racks) that Patera had allegedly done in practice. Nevertheless, when it came to competing, Alekseyev was always the winner. After the clean and press (a lift in which Patera was disproportionately talented) was eliminated from competition, Patera retired from weightlifting.

  • Titolo: Ken Patera
  • Popolarità: 2.673
  • Conosciuto per: Acting
  • Compleanno: 1942-11-06
  • Luogo di nascita: Portland, Oregon, USA
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  • 1983
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    AWA Christmas Night 1983

    AWA Christmas Night 1983

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1988
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    WWE Survivor Series 1988

    WWE Survivor Series 1988

    8.5 1988 HD

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  • 1983
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    AWA Christmas Show 1983

    AWA Christmas Show 1983

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1985
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    Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

    Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1980
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    WWE Showdown at Shea '80

    WWE Showdown at Shea '80

    1 1980 HD

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  • 2013
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    WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

    WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

    9.2 2013 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Best of the WWF: volume 7

    The Best of the WWF: volume 7

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Best of the WWF: volume 9

    The Best of the WWF: volume 9

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Best of the WWF: volume 17

    The Best of the WWF: volume 17

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1985
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    Andre the Giant

    Andre the Giant

    6.2 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest

    WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1988
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    WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

    WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1984
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    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1987
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    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1984
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    WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

    WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2018
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    Andre the Giant

    Andre the Giant

    7.3 2018 HD

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  • 2008
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    WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

    WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

    7.3 2008 HD

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  • 1983
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    AWA Super Sunday

    AWA Super Sunday

    7.5 1983 HD

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  • 1986
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    Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

    Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Super Bowl of Wrestling

    The Super Bowl of Wrestling

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1988
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    WWE WrestleMania IV

    WWE WrestleMania IV

    7.4 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    WWE WrestleFest

    WWE WrestleFest

    5 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    WWE SummerSlam 1988

    WWE SummerSlam 1988

    7.4 1988 HD

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  • 1989
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    AWA Battle Royale '89

    AWA Battle Royale '89

    5 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    AWA Rage in Rochester

    AWA Rage in Rochester

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1982
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    NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show

    NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1989
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    AWA War in The Windy City

    AWA War in The Windy City

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1987
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    WWF Survivor Series 1987

    WWF Survivor Series 1987

    8.9 1987 HD

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  • 1974
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    Bestione superstar

    Bestione superstar

    4.2 1974 HD

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  • 1977
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    The World's Strongest Man

    The World's Strongest Man

    1 1977 HD

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  • 2014
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    WWE Rivalries

    WWE Rivalries

    7 2014 HD

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  • 1986
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    WWF Wrestling Challenge

    WWF Wrestling Challenge

    6.8 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    WWF Wrestling Challenge

    WWF Wrestling Challenge

    6.8 1986 HD

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  • 1985
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    WWE Pay Per View

    WWE Pay Per View

    1 1985 HD

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