{{Short description|American weightlifter (1924–2016)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Norbert Schemansky | image = Norbert Schemansky 1964.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Schemansky at the 1964 Olympics | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = Norb | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|30}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|7|1924|5|30}} | death_place = Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. | height = 181 cm | weight = 90–121 kg | website = | country = | sport = Olympic weightlifting | event = {{ubl|Clean and press|Snatch|Clean and jerk}} | collegeteam = | club = York Barbell Club | team = | turnedpro = 1947 | coach = | retired = 1972 | coaching = | regionals = | nationals = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 1952 Helsinki | 90 kg}} {{MedalSilver | 1948 London | +90 kg}} {{MedalBronze | 1960 Rome | +90 kg}} {{MedalBronze | 1964 Tokyo | +90 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 1947 Philadelphia | +82.5kg}} {{MedalGold | 1951 Milan | 90kg}} {{MedalGold | 1953 Stockholm | 90kg}} {{MedalGold | 1954 Vienna | +90kg}} {{MedalSilver | 1962 Budapest | +90kg}} {{MedalSilver | 1963 Stockholm | +90kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold | 1955 Mexico City | +90kg}} }}

'''Norbert Schemansky''' (May 30, 1924 – September 7, 2016) was an American weightlifter. He was the first weightlifter to win four Olympic medals, despite missing the 1956 Summer Olympics due to back problems. He won a silver medal in the 1948 Summer Olympic Games, a gold in the 1952 Summer Olympics and bronzes in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

==Biography== Schemansky was a three-time world champion and a Pan American and Olympic games gold medalist. During his long weightlifting career (1947–1972) he set 13 official and 11 unofficial world records.<ref name="chidlovski1">[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_galleryResult.asp?a_id=231 Norbert Schemansky @ Lift Up Hall of Fame]. Chidlovski.net. Retrieved August 2, 2012.</ref> On April 28, 1962, at the age of 37 years and 333 days, Schemansky became the oldest man in the history of weightlifting to set an official world record, when he snatched 164&nbsp;kg.<ref>Guinness World Records 2004 Copyright 2003</ref> In 1997 Schemansky was inducted into the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weightlifting Hall of Fame |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |url=http://www.iwf.net/iwf/organization/members.php |access-date=August 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913235844/http://www.iwf.net/iwf/organization/members.php |archivedate=September 13, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/norb-schemansky-1.html Norb Schemansky]. sports-reference.com</ref> In 1979, he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. He was born and raised in Detroit and from 1959 until his death in 2016 lived in Dearborn, Michigan, where a city park was named for him. Prior to his years of Olympic weightlifting competition, Schemansky served in World War II with the 184th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion and fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Schemansky died in Dearborn on September 7, 2016, at the age of 92, while in hospice care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/four-time-olympian-norbert-norb-schemansky-dead-at-age-92|title=Four-time Olympian, Dearborn native Norbert 'Norb' Schemansky dead at age 92|first=John|last=Steckroth|date=September 7, 2016|website=WDIV|access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/10/sports/norbert-schemansky-dead.html|title=Norbert Schemansky, Who Won Weight-Lifting Gold but Little Applause Back Home, Dies at 92|first1=Frank|last1=Litsky|first2=William|last2=McDonald|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 9, 2016|publisher=|access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref>

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