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Favorite tournament you've attended: The Gold Bear in Moscow, Petaluma, Amos Quebec & UAL Lake Tahoe!
Supplements Used: A balanced diet & hard work
Favorite Puller/or somebody you look up to in the sport:
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Tony Senger |
John Brzenk |
Cvetan Gashevski - Bulgaria |
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Bernie Lemay |
Ron Bath |
Andreas Rundstrom - Sweden |
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Gary Goodridge |
Dave Patton |
Engin Terzi - Turkey |
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Earl Wilson |
Jerry 'vice grips' Janning |
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Barb Zalepa |
Cobra Rhodes |
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Keith Koenig |
Allen Fisher |
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Rick Pinkney |
Dave Devoto |
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Fred Roy |
Leonard Harkless |
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Brenda Vergette |
Denise Wattles |
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Bill Collins |
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Bill Cox |
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How often do you train: on the table once a week, with weights twice a week
Training tips: Always train with somebody smarter or stronger, watch lots of video, don't be one dimensional
Goal(s): To get good sponsorship to represent our country for the Worlds & to train my crew into becoming World Champions. To help the sport to get into the Olympics.
Sponsor(s): IBEW local 258
How did you get started: I saw Tony Senger on t.v on the Wide World Of Sports armwrestling. I heard about a tournament in my hometown Stoney Plain Alberta & Tony was going to be there so I went to watch. From there John Miazdzyk helped to get me started & I was hooked. I trained with Bernie Lemay & John Miazdzyk mainly, sometimes Tony Senger...I moved to the west coast of BC in 1992 around the same time as my training partner Bernie & was thinking about retiring from competing but Keith Koenig of Kelowna BC re-lit the fire & got me going again. I've been training & coaching in Vancouver ever since.
Merits: Many time National & World Champion, won 5 Gold Bears in Russia, Inducted into the BC ArmWrestling Hall of Fame, Inducted into the Canadian ArmWrestling Federation Hall of Fame, John Miazdzyk Award recipient, Master Referee.
Locations you have competed or reffed:
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BC |
Washington |
Belgium |
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Alberta |
Oregon |
Brazil |
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Saskatchewan |
California |
Bulgaria |
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Manitoba |
Nevada |
Curaçao |
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Ontario |
Ohio |
England |
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Quebec |
Missouri |
Finland |
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New Brunswick |
Kansas |
France |
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Nova Scotia |
Arizona |
Germany |
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P.E.I. |
Hawaii |
Greece |
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Yukon Territory |
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Italy |
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Northwest Territories |
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Japan |
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Kazakhstan |
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Norway |
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Poland |
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Russia |
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South Africa |
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Sweden |
What changes would you like to see: Bigger tournaments with more prize money offered
Anything you would like to add/statements/comments: You don't have to be the best at anything but you have to be better then average at everything. (Be versatile)
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