Mike Karchut

{{short description|American weightlifter}} {{Infobox person | name = Mike Karchut | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = August 27, 1944 | birth_place = Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen, Germany | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = Case Western Reserve University | employer = | occupation = Weightlifter | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Mike Karchut''' (born August 27, 1944) is a German-born American weightlifter. He competed both as a student at Case Western Reserve University, and after graduation.<ref name="spartanskarchut">{{cite web |title=Mike Karchut |url=https://athletics.case.edu/sports/spartan_club/bios/karchut_mike?view=bio |website=Case Western Reserve University Spartans |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |accessdate=March 3, 2019}}</ref> He was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States in 1972 and 1980.<ref name="sportsreferencekarchut">{{cite web |title=Mike Karchut |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/mike-karchut-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/mike-karchut-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |website=Sports Reference |accessdate=March 3, 2019}}</ref>

==Weightlifting achievements== *Olympic Games team member (1972 & 1980) *Senior National Champion (1969–1973, 1975, 1978, 1980)

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