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Isaac Berger

1936 - 2022

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Isaac "Ike" Berger (Hebrew: יצחק ברגר; November 16, 1936 – June 4, 2022) was an American weightlifter, in the featherweight division, who competed for the United States at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals. He held eight world records (four official and four unofficial), and won the United States national title eight times. In the highest level international competition, he was world featherweight (60 kg) champion in 1958 and 1961, and was the runner-up for that title in 1957, 1959, and 1963. Berger was born to a rabbi in Jerusalem, where he studied in a yeshiva. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Berger is the 1,638th most popular athlete (up from 1,890th in 2019). (up from 4,614th in 2019)

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Among athletes, Isaac Berger ranks 1,638 out of 6,025. Before him are Bernhard Germeshausen, Victor Sonnemans, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Dudley Storey, and Hugh Anderson. After him are Constantin Alexandru, Oswald Zappelli, Hanns Kilian, Miroslav Poljak, Vladimir Nevzorov, and Pál Simon.

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Among people born in 1936, Isaac Berger ranks 488. Before him are Ismail Merchant, Marino Klinger, Ferenc Németh, Gavriil Popov, Žarko Nikolić, and Hugh Anderson. After him are Ernest Shonekan, Jerónimo Saavedra, Hal Greer, Margaret Mahy, Carey Bell, and Dimitar Largov. Among people deceased in 2022, Isaac Berger ranks 513. Before him are Rex Hartwig, Evert Gunnarsson, Bernhard Germeshausen, Julee Cruise, Richard Baawobr, and Roberto Maroni. After him are Kathleen Booth, Georgi Yartsev, Galina Shamrai, Alfredo Torres, Amos Sawyer, and Ernest Shonekan.

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