Ken Patera

Ken Patera was a former heel professional wrestler.

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Ken Patera was one of the first WWF strongmen. He also wrestled for quite some time in the AWA. Patera was a former Olympic Weightlifter and USA powerlifter. His greatest success was as an Olympic Weightlifter. He was the first American to clean and jerk 500 lbs and the only american to clean and press 500 lbs. He was a serious competitor to the Soviet legend Vasily Alexeev but he failed to total at the 1972 Olympic games. After the press (a lift Patera was disproportionately talented in) was eliminated from competition, Patera's weightlifting career was over. Patera, was arguably, the last American to excel at Weightlifting on an international level.

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