Pyrros Dimas is a weightlifter born October 13, 1971, in Himare, Albania, to ethnic Greek parents, holding both Greek and Albanian citizenship. He competed for Albania from 1982 to 1992 before crossing the border and representing Greece from 1992 to 2004, winning three Olympic gold medals, in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and an Olympic bronze in 2004, making him the fourth weightlifter in history to medal at four different Games and the most decorated Greek Olympic athlete. He also won three World Championship titles, in 1993, 1995 and 1998, set a career-best total of 392.5 kilograms at the 1996 Olympics, and later served as technical director for USA Weightlifting from 2017.
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Career HighlightPyrros Dimas won his third Olympic weightlifting gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games, in the 85 kg class, becoming one of only three weightlifters at the time with three Olympic titles. 1 Classification
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Why did Pyrros Dimas compete for Albania and later for Greece?
He was born in Albania to ethnic Greek parents, crossed the border into Greece in 1991, became a Greek citizen in 1992 and won Olympic gold for Greece that year.
Dimas was born in Himare in southern Albania to ethnic Greek parents and first competed for the Albanian team. At the 1990 European Weightlifting Championship in Aalborg, Denmark, he met representatives of the Greek national team and expressed enthusiasm for working with them. The political situation in Albania prohibited him from leaving the country, but he crossed the Greek-Albanian border on 7 February 1991 and stayed in Athens. He acquired Greek citizenship in 1992 and first competed under the Greek flag at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he won gold in the 82.5 kg class.
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Pyrros Dimas (Greek: Πύρρος Δήμας; pronounced [piros ðimas]; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former weightlifter.
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Pyrros Dimas (Greek: Πύρρος Δήμας; pronounced [piros ðimas]; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former weightlifter.
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won another gold medal, this time in the 85 kg class. This made him one of just three weightlifters at that time to have won three Olympic gold medals
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Pyrros Dimas (Greek: Πύρρος Δήμας; pronounced [piros ðimas]; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former weightlifter.
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Pyrros Dimas (Greek: Πύρρος Δήμας; pronounced [piros ðimas]; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former weightlifter.
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won another gold medal, this time in the 85 kg class.
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