Ferid Berberi is an Albania

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n sportsman. He broke 37 National weightlifting records as an athlete and was a National Champion for 7 years from 1961-1973. As a trainer, notable students he has helped develop include Pyrros Dimas

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, Alexander Kondo and Ilir Suli. Ferid Berberi attended the 1996 Olympic Games

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 in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney

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 as Secretary General of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation.

He was the trainer of Dinamo Weightlifting Club, and now works as a researcher at the Albanian Weightlifting Federation's research department.

Sources

• Feridi, "profesori" i shtangës : Ferid Berberi, by Sotir Seferaj, 2002
• Ferid Berberi, sportisti dhe trajneri erudit i shtangës, by Irfan Rama, 2007