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Patera's career best lifts were all achieved in a meet in San Francisco on July 23, 1972 (Wilhelm, 1994):
Snatch - 387½ pounds (175.7 kg)
Clean and press - 505½ pounds (229.25 kg)
Clean and jerk - 505½ pounds (229.25 kg)
When measured for the 1972 Olympics, he weighed 340 pounds at a height of 6'1¾" (Wilhelm, 1994).
Patera also competed in the first World's Strongest Man contest in 1977, finishing third behind Bruce Wilhelm and Bob Young.
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