Ronny Weller

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Olympic medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for Flag of Germany Germany
Gold 1992 Barcelona 110 kg class
Silver 1996 Atlanta +108 kg class
Silver 2000 Sydney +105 kg class
Competitor for Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
Bronze 1988 Seoul 110 kg class

Ronny Weller (born July 22, 1969 in Oelsnitz) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany 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 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he had to retire from the contest due to an injury he suffered during the snatch competition.

[edit] Weightlifting Career

Weller has held world records and broken many in his time, and is still going strong. His best lifts are as follows:

Clean and Jerk: 262.5 kg

Snatch: 210.0 kg

Total: 467.5 kg - Sydney 2000


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Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight
1920-1948: +82.5 kg, 1952-1968: +90 kg, 1972+1976: 90-110 kg, 1980-1992: 100-110 kg, 1996: 99-108 kg, 2000+2004: 94-105 kg
1920: Filippo Bottino • 1924: Giuseppe Tonani • 1928: Josef Straßberger • 1932: Jaroslav Skobla • 1936: Josef Manger • 1948+1952: John Davis • 1956: Paul Anderson • 1960: Yury Vlasov • 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky • 1972: Jaan Talts • 1976: Yuri Zaitsev • 1980: Leonid Taranenko • 1984: Norberto Oberburger • 1988: Yury Zakharevitch • 1992: Ronny Weller • 1996: Timur Taymazov • 2000: Hossein Tavakoli • 2004: Dmitry Berestov
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