August "Guus" Scheffer (24 November 1898 – 1 November 1952) was a Dutch

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics in the lightweight and middleweight categories and finished in seventh and third place, respectively.

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1898 births 1952 deaths Dutch male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Netherlands Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Haarlem Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub