"A 57-Year Record": Rudolf Plyukfelder's Record.
A historical fact from weightlifting.
Rudolf Plyukfelder's record: At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Soviet weightlifter Rudolf Plyukfelder won gold at the age of 36, becoming the oldest Olympic weightlifting champion.
Record broken: This record stood for nearly 57 years until it was broken by 37-year-old Chinese weightlifter Lü Xiaojun at the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021).
