Günter Schliwka (9 May 1956 – 28 August 2023) was a German

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 in the men's middleweight event at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. Schliwka died in September 2023, at the age of 67.

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* 1956 births 2023 deaths German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for East Germany East German male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Wolmirstedt World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt 20th-century German sportsmen 21st-century German people {{Germany-weightlifting-bio-stub