Peter George (born June 29, 1929) is an American weightlifter and Olympic champion of Macedonian descent. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
He received silver medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
He was the first 15 year old to clean and jerk 300 lbs and was the youngest senior state champion of Ohio at 14 and 1/2.
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