Ronny Weller (born 22 July 1969 in Oelsnitz,

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) is 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 ...

who competed for

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and later for Germany. During the 1990s, he was three times world champion, and broke world records 11 times. He participated in the Olympic Games five times, winning four medals. At the

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he had to retire from the contest due to an injury he suffered during the snatch competition. He is, jointly with fellow (East) German Ingo Steinhöfel, the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian

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from 1960-76.

Major results

Personal records

* Snatch: 205 kg in 1989 on

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in class to 110 kg ( junior world record until 1992). * Snatch: 210 kg (former

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in weight class over 105 kg) *

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: 260.0 kg 1998 in

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in class over 105 kg ( European record 1998–2018) * Total: 467.5 kg (210+257.5)

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in class over 105 kg (that was a

in old weight class over 105 kg)

References

External links

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Ronny Weller at Lift Up

Ronny Weller at Weightlifting Exchange

Ronny Weller at Database Weightlifting

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weller, Ronny 1969 births Living people People from Oelsnitz, Vogtland German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for East Germany East German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters from Saxony Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt

Major results

Personal records

See also

References

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