The Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week -
Team Savannah Weightlifter Michael (Mikey) Cohen Jr. - 8.08.2015
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| Will Cohen, Howard Cohen, Mikey Cohen |
Mikey Cohen of Team Savannah captured his
fourth 2015 Youth Junior Nationals Weightlifting title in the 94kg weight class
on June 29th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Cohen took gold medals in the Snatch and Clean and Jerk. Weightlifting is in Mikey’s
blood.
Mikey’s dad Michael Cohen Sr. is a
former Olympic weightlifter and renowned weightlifting coach and instructor in
the USA and across the world. Cohen’s Grandfather Howard Cohen is recognized as
the father of weight training in Savannah Georgia and has won numerous gold
medals himself. Michael’s younger brother Will Cohen finished second in the
69kg weight class also at the 2015 Youth Junior Nationals. Mikey and Will both
have qualified for the 2015 Youth Pan American
Championships on September 15,
2015 in San Luís Potosí, Mexico.
As of this writing Howard Cohen 83 captured
the the gold medal in the 69-kilogram class in the 2015 World Masters Cup in
Dallas a week after the show. Cohen, competed in the men’s age 80-and-above
division and won the 69kg weight class with a lift 165 pounds. Howard won the
2014 World Championships also. Cohen now will compete next at the 2015 American
Masters in Savannah on Nov. 12-15.
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