Modern Olympian Ode #35 (1988, 1992, 1996) 500 Miles from Olympia

His full adult height was just under five feet,
and though he was born in the above place,
there is no evidence his was father was a god,
so he is probably not the reincarnation of the mythical Hercules
But Naim Süleymanoğlu earned the right
to be associated with the myth
He was called The Pocket Hercules
because he was, pound for pound,
the strongest weightlifter ever,
winning three consecutive gold medals
and lifting over three times his body weight,
in fact the highest amount over
that has so far ever been lifted



Naim Süleymanoğlu