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Ken Patera
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-11-06,Portland, Oregon, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Kenneth Wayne Patera is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor from the United States. Ken Patera, from a Czech-American family, was strong and extraordinarily athletic, with many people in his family also successful in athletics. His brother, Jack Patera, played football for the Baltimore Colts and was the head coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 1976 until 1982. His brother, Dennis Patera, played for the San Francisco 49ers. Ken played football at Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon, and wrestled at 193 pounds. Track and field was his first love, however, and he competed in the high hurdles and high jump, but a serious ankle injury forced him to switch to the shot put and discus in high school. Ken grew to become one of the nation's premier track and field weight throwers, competing at Brigham Young University. After his disappointing 6th-place finish in the shot-put at the 1968 Olympic trials, he turned his full and complete attention towards Olympic weightlifting. Before becoming a professional wrestler, Patera was a highly decorated Olympic weightlifter. He won several medals at the 1971 Pan-American Games (including gold in the weightlifting total), and finished second in the 1971 World Weightlifting Championships just behind Vasily Alekseyev. On his native soil, Patera won four consecutive U.S. Weightlifting Championships in the super heavyweight class from 1969 to 1972. He was the first American to clean and jerk over 500 lbs (227 kg), which he accomplished at the 1972 Senior Nationals in Detroit. He is also the only American to clean and press 500 lbs (227 kg), and was the last American super heavyweight for years to excel at weightlifting at an international level.[6] At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Patera was expected to be a serious competitor to Vasily Alekseyev, but he failed to total and was not among the medal recipients. Vasily Alekseyev even stated to the media that Patera was even stronger than him, illustrated by a 550-pound overhead push press (off the racks) that Patera had allegedly done in practice. Nevertheless, when it came to competing, Alekseyev was always the winner. After the clean and press (a lift in which Patera was disproportionately talented) was eliminated from competition, Patera retired from weightlifting.

Filmography

AWA Christmas Night 1983

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AWA Christmas Night 1983
1983-12-25

WWE Survivor Series 1988

8.5

WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988-11-24

AWA Christmas Show 1983

0

AWA Christmas Show 1983
1983-12-25

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

0

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1985-03-01

WWE Showdown at Shea '80

0

WWE Showdown at Shea '80
1980-08-09

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

9.2

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013-08-13

The Best of the WWF: volume 7

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The Best of the WWF: volume 7
1986-06-06

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

0

The Best of the WWF: volume 9
1986-10-15

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

0

The Best of the WWF: volume 17
1988-11-10

Andre the Giant

6.2

Andre the Giant
1985-12-02

WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest

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WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
1985-01-01

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

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WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88
1988-11-17

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84
1984-09-23

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

0

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
1987-06-28

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

0

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
1984-12-10

Andre the Giant

7.343

Andre the Giant
2018-04-10

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

7.3

WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
2008-11-25

AWA Super Sunday

7.5

AWA Super Sunday
1983-04-24

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

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Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986-06-06

The Super Bowl of Wrestling

0

The Super Bowl of Wrestling
1978-01-25

WWE WrestleMania IV

7.4

WWE WrestleMania IV
1988-03-27

WWE WrestleFest

5

WWE WrestleFest
1988-07-31

WWE SummerSlam 1988

7.4

WWE SummerSlam 1988
1988-08-29

AWA Rage in Rochester

0

AWA Rage in Rochester
1989-05-06

AWA Battle Royale '89

5

AWA Battle Royale '89
1989-02-18

NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show

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NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show
1982-01-01

AWA War in The Windy City

0

AWA War in The Windy City
1989-06-23

WWE Survivor Series 1987

8.9

WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987-11-26

4.2

The Wrestler
1974-04-28

The World's Strongest Man

0

The World's Strongest Man
1977-12-24

7

WWE Rivalries
2014-10-28

WWF Wrestling Challenge

6.8

WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07

WWF Wrestling Challenge

6.8

WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07

WWE Pay Per View

0

WWE Pay Per View
1985-03-31