Knowra Pyrros Dimas Pyrros Dimas Pyrros Dimas is a Greek weightlifter who won Olympic gold medals in 1992, 1996, and 2000, competing in the men’s 82.5-kilogram and 85-kilogram divisions.
1992 Summer Olympics : The Summer Olympic Games held in Barcelona, Spain, from July 25 to August 9, 1992. Dimas won his first Olympic gold medal at these Games, representing Greece.
Greek weightlifting : The sport of competitive weightlifting as practiced and organized in Greece. Dimas became one of its most celebrated athletes through four Olympic medals.
Himara : A coastal region in southern Albania with a historically Greek-speaking population. Dimas was born in Himara before moving to Greece.
Snatch (weightlifting) : A weightlifting movement in which the barbell is lifted from the floor to overhead in one continuous motion. The snatch was one of the two lifts counted in Dimas’s Olympic total.
1996 Summer Olympics : The Summer Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, from July 19 to August 4, 1996. Dimas retained his title there, winning the men’s 83-kilogram weightlifting division.
Lazaros Sabanis : A Greek weightlifter who won three Olympic silver medals between 1992 and 2000. Sabanis competed for Greece in the same era and won Olympic silver in Dimas’s weight class.
Greek minority in Albania : An ethnic Greek community that lives primarily in southern Albania. Dimas was born into this community and later became a Greek national athlete.
Clean and jerk : A weightlifting movement that raises a barbell to the shoulders before driving it overhead. Dimas’s Olympic results depended on his combined performance in this lift and the snatch.
2000 Summer Olympics : The Summer Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia, from September 15 to October 1, 2000. His victory there completed three consecutive Olympic gold medals.
Victor Mitrou : A Greek weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Mitrou’s Olympic success formed part of Greece’s strong weightlifting showing alongside Dimas.
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