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1973 Photo Contest, Sports, Singles, 2nd prize
Photographer

Olle Seijbold

Dagens Nyheter

01 January, 1972

American Heavyweight Chris Taylor is thrown by West Germany's Wilfried Dietrich at the Olympic Games. Weighing 412 pounds (187 kg), Taylor was the heaviest Olympian ever.

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