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Ken Patera‌

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Ken Patera

Portland, Oregon, USA

Ken Patera

Portland, Oregon, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1942-11-06

Popularity

star5.3

Biography

Kenneth Wayne Patera is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor from the United States. Ken Patera, from a Czech-American family, was strong and extraordinarily athletic, with many people in his family also successful in athletics. His brother, Jack Patera, played football for the Baltimore Colts and was the head coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 1976 until 1982. His brother, Dennis Patera, played for the San Francisco 49ers. Ken played football at Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon, and wrestled at 193 pounds. Track and field was his first love, however, and he competed in the high hurdles and high jump, but a serious ankle injury forced him to switch to the shot put and discus in high school. Ken grew to become one of the nation's premier track and field weight throwers, competing at Brigham Young University. After his disappointing 6th-place finish in the shot-put at the 1968 Olympic trials, he turned his full and complete attention towards Olympic weightlifting. Before becoming a professional wrestler, Patera was a highly decorated Olympic weightlifter. He won several medals at the 1971 Pan-American Games (including gold in the weightlifting total), and finished second in the 1971 World Weightlifting Championships just behind Vasily Alekseyev. On his native soil, Patera won four consecutive U.S. Weightlifting Championships in the super heavyweight class from 1969 to 1972. He was the first American to clean and jerk over 500 lbs (227 kg), which he accomplished at the 1972 Senior Nationals in Detroit. He is also the only American to clean and press 500 lbs (227 kg), and was the last American super heavyweight for years to excel at weightlifting at an international level.[6] At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Patera was expected to be a serious competitor to Vasily Alekseyev, but he failed to total and was not among the medal recipients. Vasily Alekseyev even stated to the media that Patera was even stronger than him, illustrated by a 550-pound overhead push press (off the racks) that Patera had allegedly done in practice. Nevertheless, when it came to competing, Alekseyev was always the winner. After the clean and press (a lift in which Patera was disproportionately talented) was eliminated from competition, Patera retired from weightlifting.

Movie Credits

AWA Christmas Night 1983

AWA Christmas Night 1983‌
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calendar 1983

WWE Survivor Series 1988

WWE Survivor Series 1988‌
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calendar 1988

AWA Christmas Show 1983

AWA Christmas Show 1983‌
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calendar 1983

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports‌
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calendar 1985

WWE Showdown at Shea '80

WWE Showdown at Shea '80‌
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calendar 1980

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden‌
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calendar 2013

The Best of the WWF: volume 7

The Best of the WWF: volume 7‌
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calendar 1986

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

The Best of the WWF: volume 9‌
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calendar 1986

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

The Best of the WWF: volume 17‌
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calendar 1988

Andre the Giant

Andre the Giant‌
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calendar 1985

WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest

WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest‌
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calendar 1985

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88‌
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calendar 1988

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84‌
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calendar 1984

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87‌
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calendar 1987

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84‌
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calendar 1984

Andre the Giant

Andre the Giant‌
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calendar 2018

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship‌
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calendar 2008

AWA Super Sunday

AWA Super Sunday‌
star7.5
calendar 1983

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino‌
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calendar 1986

The Super Bowl of Wrestling

The Super Bowl of Wrestling‌
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calendar 1978

WWE WrestleMania IV

WWE WrestleMania IV‌
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calendar 1988

WWE WrestleFest

WWE WrestleFest‌
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calendar 1988

WWE SummerSlam 1988

WWE SummerSlam 1988‌
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calendar 1988

AWA Rage in Rochester

AWA Rage in Rochester‌
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calendar 1989

AWA Battle Royale '89

AWA Battle Royale '89‌
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calendar 1989

NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show

NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show‌
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calendar 1982

AWA War in The Windy City

AWA War in The Windy City‌
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calendar 1989

WWF Survivor Series 1987

WWF Survivor Series 1987‌
star8.9
calendar 1987

The Wrestler

The Wrestler‌
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calendar 1974

Tv Credits

The World's Strongest Man

The World's Strongest Man‌
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calendar 1977

WWE Rivalries

WWE Rivalries‌
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calendar 2014

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWF Wrestling Challenge‌
star6.8
calendar 1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWF Wrestling Challenge‌
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calendar 1986

WWE Pay Per View

WWE Pay Per View‌
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calendar 1985