Jürgen Spieß

Jürgen Spieß
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Competitor for  Germany
European Weightlifting Championships
2009 Bucharest 94 kg
Jürgen Spieß at the 2008 Olympics

Jürgen Spieß (born March 26, 1984 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German weightlifter competing in the 94 kg category.

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 9th with a total of 384 kg.[1]

At the 2009 European Championships he won overall gold in the 94 kg category, with a total of 390 kg.[2][3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, having moved up to heavyweight (105 kg), he finished 9th in that category also.[4]

Notes and references

  1. "SPIESS Jurgen". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "Drei EM-Medaillen: Starker Stemmer Spieß". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  3. "Gewichtheber Spieß überrascht bei EM: Zweimal Gold" (in German). Financial Times Deutschland. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  4. "Jürgen Spieß Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

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