Quick Facts

Full Name	Pyrros Dimas
Occupation	Weight Lifter
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1971(1971-10-13)
Age	53
Birthplace	Himarë
Country	Albania
Birth City	Vlorë
Horoscope	Libra

Pyrros Dimas Biography

Pyrros Dimas is one of the most popular and richest Weight Lifter who was born on October 13, 1971 in Himarë, Vlorë, Albania. A Greek weightlifter, who is considered one the sport’s most outstanding athletes and has won three consecutive Olympics gold medals.

He and Halil Mu were the only Olympic weightlifters who won gold medals at three consecutive Olympics.

Pyrros Dimas (Greek: Πύρρος Δήμας ; pronounced [piros ðimas] ; born 13 October 1971) is a Greek former weightlifter. He is currently the technical director for USA Weightlifting, having taken that position in June 2017. Dimas has also been involved in politics as a member of the Greek parliament, representing the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 2012 to 2015. Dimas is the most decorated Greek athlete in the Olympics and 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.

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.).

He married Anastasia Sdougkou and they had four children together.

Pyrros Dimas Net Worth

Pyrros Dimas is one of the richest Weight Lifter from Albania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pyrros Dimas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When he was eleven years old, he began weight training.

He was an Olympic champion, and a World Champion three times.

Dimas was born in 1971 in Himara, southern Albania, to ethnic Greek parents.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Pyrros Dimas height 5 ft 8 in Pyrros weight 83 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Pyrros Dimas Dating?

According to our records, Pyrros Dimas married to Anastasia Sdougkou. As of December 1, 2023, Pyrros Dimas’s is not dating anyone.

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With the 1993 and 1995 World titles under his belt, Dimas was the favorite to win Olympic Gold in the 83 kg class at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he was the flag bearer of the Greek Olympic team. He won the event with two new World Records.

Facts & Trivia

Pyrros Ranked on the list of most popular Weight Lifter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Albania. Pyrros Dimas celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Dimas was again chosen as Greek flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. Dimas was recovering from knee surgery and a hurt wrist and was not expected to compete in these Olympics, but he came away with a bronze medal in the 85 kg class, becoming only the fourth weightlifter in history to win a medal at four different Olympic Games, the third to win those four medals successively, and the only one whose four medals include 3 golds, thus cementing his status as a national hero in Greece and as an international weightlifting legend.

Is Pyrros Dimas albanian?

Pyrros Dimas is a Greek former weightlifter. Dimas was born in Himara, southern Albania, 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 the same result.

Who is the greatest weightlifters of all time?

• 7 Zhou Lulu (China)

• 6 Leonid Zhabotynsky (Soviet Union)

• 5 Paul Anderson (USA)

• 4 Hossein Rezazadeh (Iran)

• 3 Naim Suleymanoglu (Turkey)

• 2 Halil Mutlu (Turkey)

• 1 Pyrros Dimas (Greece)

How did Pyrros Dimas train?

Pyrros talks about his beginnings in Albania, where he built his base using a Russian style programming. That means using a wider range of exercises, more reps in the 60-80% range and varying intensities depending on which training cycle you are in.

Who is the famous weightlifter?

Personal information
Sport| Olympic weightlifting, strongman, powerlifting
Medal record Men’s weightlifting Representing the United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne +90 kg World Championships 1955 Munich +90 kg U.S. National Weightlifting Championships 1st 1955 +90kg 1st 1956 +90kg

What did Pyrros Dimas weigh?

183 lbs