Pyrros Dimas
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Pyrros Dimas MP |
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| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
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Assumed office 17 June 2012 |
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| Personal details | |
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13 October 1971 Himara, Albania |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Profession | Weightlifter, Politician |
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Representing  Greece
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| Men's weightlifting | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1992 Barcelona | -82.5 kg |
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1996 Atlanta | -83 kg |
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2000 Sydney | -85 kg |
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2004 Athens | -85 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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1993 Melbourne | -83 kg |
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1995 Guangzhou | -83 kg |
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1998 Lahti | -85 kg |
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1999 Athens | -85 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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1995 Warszawa | -83 kg |
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1998 Riesa | -85 kg |
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1992 Szekszard | -82.5 kg |
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1993 Sofia | -83 kg |
Pyrros Dimas (Greek: Πύρρος Δήμας; pronounced [piros ðimas], born on 13 October 1971) is a retired Greek weightlifter. He is currently involved in politics, as a member of the Greek parliament, representing the Panhellenic Socialist Movement. Dimas is widely considered as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, having been three times Olympic Gold Medalist (in his fourth Olympiad, a knee injury notwithstanding, he won the Bronze medal), and three times World Champion.
Dimas was born in 1971 in Himara southern Albania (Northern Epirus) to ethnic Greek parents.
Dimas started the sport at 11 and competed at a junior's level at 14. At 18, in 1989, he became triple Champion of Albania for the 82.5 kg category and in 1990 he repeated himself. While in Albania, he was coached by Zef Kovaci.
In 1990 he was also accorded the title "Master of Sports" by the Albanian government and the title "European Master" by the European Weightlifting Federation.
He was part of the Albanian weightlifting team to which he made important contributions: In 1989 in the 62nd World Championship of Weightlifting Dimas ranked 12th in the World and helped Albania rank 13th in the world.).
In the 69th European Weightlifting Championship (held in Aalborg, Denmark May 1990), Dimas ranked 4th in Europe and Albania ranked 3rd (after 1st placed USSR and 2nd placed Bulgaria), and in the European Cup for nations (in Antalya, Turkey, December 1990) Dimas, Leonidas Sabanis and Fatmir Bushi helped Albania rank 2nd in Europe (after 1st placed Bulgaria).
Dimas emigrated to Greece in 1991, at age 20. He acquired Greek citizenship in 1992, and first competed under the Greek flag in the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the 82.5 kg class.
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