Ronny Weller
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Weightlifting | ||
Competitor for  East Germany
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1988 Seoul | 110 kg |
Competitor for  Germany
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | 110 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1996 Atlanta | +108 kg |
| | 2000 Sydney | +105 kg |
| World Weightlifting Championships | ||
| | 1991 Donaueschingen | 110 kg |
| | 1993 Melbourne | +108 kg |
| | 1995 Guangzhou | +108 kg |
| | 1997 Chiang Mai | +108 kg |
| European Weightlifting Championships | ||
| | 1993 Sofia | 108 kg |
| | 1998 Riesa | +105 kg |
| | 1999 La Coruña | +105 kg |
| | 2000 Sofia | +105 kg |
| | 2002 Antalya | +105 kg |
| | 2004 Kiev | +105 kg |
Ronny Weller (born July 22, 1969 in Oelsnitz, Saxony) 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.
He is, jointly with fellow (East) German Ingo Steinhöfel, the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian Imre Földi from 1960 to 1976.
Personal Records
- Snatch: 205.0 kg in 1989 on Fort Lauderdale in class to 110 kg.[1]
- Snatch: 210.0 kg in class over 105 kg.
- Clean and jerk: 260.0 kg 1998 in Riesa in class over 105 kg.
- Total: 467.5 kg (210.0 + 257.5) 2000 Summer Olympics in class over 105 kg.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "World Records from 1972 - 1992". Weightliftingexchange.com. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ↑ "All-Time Top Lists (200-250-450)". Lift Up. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
External links
- Ronny Weller at Lift Up
- Ronny Weller at Weightlifting Exchange
- Ronny Weller at Database Weightlifting
- Sports-Reference Profile
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