{{Short description|American weightlifter (1911–1959)}} {{Infobox person | name = Walter Zagurski | image = Walter Zagurski.png | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = January 12, 1911 | birth_place = Lithuania | death_date = February 27, 1959 | death_place = York, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Weightlifter | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Ruth Perago Zagurski | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Walter J. Zagurski''' (January 12, 1911 – February 27, 1959) was a Lithuanian-born American weightlifter who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sportsreferencebio">{{cite web |title=Wally Zagurski |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/wally-zagurski-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053753/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/wally-zagurski-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |website=Sports Reference |accessdate=March 3, 2019}}</ref> In 1932 he finished sixth in the lightweight class.<ref name="sportsreferencebio"/><ref>{{cite news |title=French Weight Lifter Becomes First Champion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-walter-zagurski-1/137162659/ |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=July 31, 1932 |location=Salt Lake City, UT |page=10 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> He was the founding editor of ''Strength & Health'', and he was on the cover of its December 1932 issue.<ref name="sportsreferencebio"/> He was active in the York Barbell Club in York, Pennsylvania.<ref name="gazetteanddailyobit">{{cite news |title=Walter Zagurski, 48, Former Weightlifting Champion, Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/72457283/?terms=%22Wally%2BZagurski%22 |accessdate=March 3, 2019 |work=The Gazette and Daily |location=York, Pennsylvania |date=February 28, 1959|page=34|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref> Zagurski married Ruth Vanetta Perago (1915–1978) in 1939,<ref>"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFSN-KJ4 : Sun Oct 15 14:32:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Zagurski and Ruth Perago, 30 Jun 1939.</ref> and they had four children.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Ruth V. Zagurski |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-york-dispatch-ruth-vanetta-perago-za/137215396/ |work=The York Dispatch |date=September 30, 1978 |location=York, PA |page=30 |access-date=December 22, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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