He was an Olympic champion in weightlifting.
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Weightlifting
//ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ//
Synonyms for "weightlifting" (4 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ծանր աթլետիկա noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
- ծանրամարտ noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Assamese
2 entries- ওজনদঙা noun (form of exercise)
- ভাৰোত্তোলন noun (form of exercise)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ağır atletika noun (form of exercise)
- ağırlıq qaldırma noun (form of exercise)
Catalan
1 entries- halterofília noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 舉重 /举重 noun (form of exercise)
- 舉重 /举重 noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Czech
1 entries- vzpírání noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Danish
1 entries- vægtløftning noun (form of exercise)
Dutch
1 entries- gewichtheffen noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Estonian
1 entries- tõstmine noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Finnish
2 entries- painonnosto noun (form of exercise)
- painonnosto noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
French
2 entries- haltérophilie noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
- musculation noun (form of exercise)
Georgian
3 entries- სიმძიმეების აწევა noun (form of exercise)
- ძალოსნობა noun (form of exercise)
- ძალოსნობა noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
German
1 entries- Gewichtheben noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Greek
2 entries- άρση βαρών noun (form of exercise)
- άρση βαρών noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Hungarian
2 entries- súlyemelés noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
- súlyzózás noun (form of exercise)
Italian
2 entries- sollevamento pesi noun (form of exercise)
- sollevamento pesi noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Japanese
3 entries- ウエイトリフティング noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
- 重量挙げ noun (form of exercise)
- 重量挙げ noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Kazakh
1 entries- зілтемір noun (form of exercise)
Korean
1 entries- 역도 noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Macedonian
2 entries- кревање тегови noun (form of exercise)
- кревање тегови noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Norwegian
1 entries- vektløftning noun (form of exercise)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vektløfting noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- vektlyfting noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
- vektløfting noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Persian
1 entries- وزنهبرداری noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Polish
1 entries- podnoszenie ciężarów noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Portuguese
2 entries- levantamento de peso noun (form of exercise)
- levantamento de peso noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Romanian
2 entries- haltere noun (form of exercise)
- halterofilie noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Russian
3 entries- подня́тие тя́жестей noun (form of exercise)
- тяжёлая атле́тика noun (form of exercise)
- тяжёлая атле́тика noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Spanish
2 entries- halterofilia noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
- levantamiento de pesas noun (form of exercise)
Swedish
2 entries- tyngdlyftning noun (form of exercise)
- tyngdlyftning noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Ukrainian
2 entries- важка́ атле́тика noun (form of exercise)
- важка́ атле́тика noun (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
Sample sentences
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Luckily for Neo, there is a weightlifting set inside the bathhouse.
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John was a weightlifting champion.
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Practice proper form during weightlifting exercises.
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