Topic: Please Introduce Yourself

[SirKriS]

Name: Kris
Age: 38
Gender: male
Occupation: public policy
Location: Northern California
Team: none
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: in search of the ultimate fitness/athleticism training
Years involved in weightlifting: 23 years of "liftin weights," 3 years of some Olympic lifting, 1 year of strictly Olympic training
Athletic achievements: ha! Ran a 5k in under 20 min last year. That's about it.
Role in weightlifting: lifter
Coaching/educational credentials: nada
Favorite weightlifter: anyone who is training, whether novice or champion
Interests other than weightlifting: family, outdoors, making the world a better place for future generations
Other information you would like to share: 

[fatandweak]

Name: Dominique
Age: 20
Gender: male
Occupation: student
Location: Holland
Team: none (Strong man Team Limburg in Holland, local team)
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: in search of the ultimate assistance for strongman and other sports
Years involved in weightlifting: just starting out
Athletic achievements: winner of a beginner strongman competition (-105kg) in Belgium, 2 times regional judochampion and some more "middleclasses" judoachievements (top 3 in medioker tournaments in Holland, Belgium and Germany)
Role in weightlifting: lifter
Coaching/educational credentials: none
Favorite weightlifter: Misha Koklyaev
Interests other than weightlifting: strongman, judo (still a competitive fighter) and watching other sports (soccer, basketball, MMA, kickboxing etc.) on tv
Other information you would like to share:  not really, just hope to learn a lot

[AriSuper]

Name: Arian
Age: 28
Gender: male
Occupation: student
Location: Croatia
Team: none
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: I don't have racks so every press I did had to be cleaned first,so I got a copy of Starting Strength and tried to learn the clean and from that it just took off
Years involved in weightlifting: just starting out
Athletic achievements: being(busted knee) the only guy who could dunk with 182cm and 120 kg:)
Role in weightlifting: lifter
Coaching/educational credentials: none
Favorite weightlifter: Hossein Rezazadeh
Interests other than weightlifting: Boxing,Acrobatics,and a huge desire that I can play basketball once again at a high level
Other information you would like to share:What a great sport,who could imagine something so complex could fit in a few seconds.

[DanHartley]

Name: Dan Hartley
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Occupation: US Navy
Location: Gulfport, MS
Team: No affiliation
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: I met a strongman named Adam Keep while deployed to Spain in the summer of 2010. When I met Adam in Spain I couldnt help but notice that he was deadlifting what was, in my eyes, ALOT of weight(+/- 620lbs for doubles). I asked him what he trained for and he explained how amateur strongman worked. I'd been fascinated with WSM comps since I was a kid so I couldn't believe I was actually talking to a real-deal strongman. He gave me a basic instruction on the training program he used and told me that if I wanted to try it to pick a competition and give it everything I had. So, thats what I did. And now I'm addicted. 
Years involved in weightlifting: Less than 1
Athletic achievements: Won my Novice class in my 1st meet and bombed out and injured myself in the second... off to a great start!
Role in weightlifting: Athlete
Coaching/educational credentials:
Favorite weightlifter: Matt Bruce, Dave Hansen
Interests other than weightlifting: College Basketball(GO BLUE DEVILS), MMA
Other information you would like to share:

[kromatix]

Name: Kevin Prowse
Age: 36
Gender: male
Occupation: S & C coach, head coach at Crossfit NYC
Location: New York, NY
Team: very soon...
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Through Crossfit 4 years ago.
Years involved in weightlifting: 1year 3 months
Athletic achievements: National Masters Championships 2010-second place, NYC Open 2011-second place
Role in weightlifting: coach and lifter
Coaching/educational credentials:USAW Level1 coach, Crossfit Oly certification
Favorite weightlifter: Galabin Boevski, Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Szymon Kolecki
Interests other than weightlifting: Actor and play guitar
Other information you would like to share: I got my wife into the lifts and she loves them.

[Arturo Gómez]

Name: Arturo Gómez
Age: 49
Gender: male. Married.
Occupation: mathematician
Location:Brasil, RJ
Team: - - - -
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: When was forbidden in Montevideo, in 1978
Years involved in weightlifting: from 1978
Athletic achievements: national champion in Uruguay
Role in weightlifting: athlete, coach, dirigent.
Favorite weightlifter: have not

[justin25]

Name: Justin S McIntosh
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Occupation: US Army
Location: Fayetteville NC
Team: My own
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: did crossfit for 6 months, found it stupid but loved the O-lifts
Years involved in weightlifting: 6 months of just O-lifting
Athletic achievements: First comp on 21May2011
Role in weightlifting: Learner, athlete seems to kind of a phrase
Favorite weightlifter: Lui Xaouxin or Perros Dimas
Interests other than weightlifting: Reading, medicine, raising my dogs

[Dave.Jenks]

Name: David Jenkinson
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Occupation: Sponsored Athlete
Location: Kent, England
Team: -
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Through my gymnastic training
Years involved in weightlifting: 0
Athletic achievements: National Level in Gymnastic/Judo, International level in American football, 3 - 0 in MMA
Role in weightlifting: Noob
Coaching/educational credentials: Qualified Gymnastic coach, Judo and BJJ instructor
Favorite weightlifter: Dave Rigret
Interests other than weightlifting: Judo, Gymnastics and Business
Other information you would like to share: Brand new 'almost' to olympic lifting, very open minded and willing to give anything ago to improve