Dimitrios Tofalos

Dimitrios Tofalos (Girka: Δημήτριος Τόφαλος, Afrilu 14, 1884  a Patras, Girka - Nuwamba 15, 1966) ya kasance mai ɗaukar nauyi na Girka. Ya kasance memba na Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron da Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos, waɗanda suka haɗu a 1923 don zama Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi . Mai yiwuwa shine mafi girman mai ɗaukar nauyi na farkon karni na 20, ya lashe lambar zinare a cikin Wasannin Intercalated na 1906, ya kafa rikodin duniya wanda ya kasance har zuwa shekara ta 1914. An sanya masa suna Dimitrios Tofalos Arena.

 Shekaru na farko 
Ƙarfin herculean na Tofalos ya kasance a bayyane tun yana yaro. Kowa ya yi magana game da iyawarsa ta jiki, kuma an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin yaro mai ban mamaki, tunda ya tsira daga mummunar hatsari. Yana wasa a kusa da tashar jirgin kasa, lokacin da karusa ta sauka a kansa kuma kusan ta ragargaza hannunsa. An kai shi asibiti, inda likitoci suka bayyana cewa ya kamata a yanke hannunsa. Mahaifin Tofalos ya yi adawa da shi kuma a ƙarshe ya tabbatar da cewa yana da gaskiya. Ɗansa ya warke, amma sakamakon hadarin daya daga cikin hannayensa ya fi guntu fiye da ɗayan. Rashin lafiyarsa bai hana shi zama daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan Girka a kowane lokaci ba.

 Wasannin da aka haɗa da su na 1906 
Ba zai iya shiga gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1904 ba saboda rashin lafiya, ya shiga gasar Intercalated Games ta 1906, inda ya shiga gasar ɗaukar nauyi ta kwana biyu da hannayensa biyu. A rana ta farko ba a yanke shawarar wanda ya lashe zinare ba tukuna, don haka washegari masu ɗaukar nauyi biyu sun yi yaƙi da juna don lambar zinare; Tofalos da babban Austrian Josef Steinbach. Dukansu biyu sun ɗaga kilo 136.5 cikin sauƙi. Daga nan sai suka ɗaga kilo 142.5 amma duka Tofalos da Steinbach sun kasa a yunkurin su na farko. Gwarzon Girka ya karya rikodin kansa na duniya ta hanyar ɗaga nauyi a ƙoƙarinsa na uku, yayin da ɗan wasan Austriya tare da gaggawa da damuwa ya kasa ba tare da ya sami nasarar kawo mashaya kusa da gwiwoyinsa ba. Tofalos ya lashe lambar zinare, yayin da magoya baya ke taya shi murna. Rubuce-rubucensa ya kasance har zuwa shekara ta 1914.  

 A Amurka da dawowa 
A cikin 1910, Tofalos ya yi tafiya zuwa Amurka saboda dalilai na kudi. Ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙwararren mai kokawa kuma ya zama sananne saboda juriya maimakon ƙarfinsa. Akwai rahotanni da yawa game da Tofalos na dogon lokaci, lokacin da ya ki ya bar wasan bayan da aka kulle hannunsa da dan wasan Amurka mai suna Frank Gotch ya yi, wanda ya tilasta wa mai fafatawa ya daina. Ya jimre Tofalos ya yi watanni uku a asibiti, amma wannan lamarin ya ba da gudummawa ga labarinsa.

Bayan ya yi ritaya, ya shafe shekaru da yawa na rayuwarsa a matsayin manajan Jim Londos, ƙwararren mai kokawa wanda ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun taurari masu kokawa da aka bayar a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin hali. Daga bisani ya koma asalinsa Patras a 1952, inda ya shafe shekaru uku na karshe na rayuwarsa. Garin Patras ya girmama shi ta hanyar sanya sunan sabon filin wasa da aka gina bayan shi a shekarar 1995.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Matattun 1966
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1884
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