Ronny Weller
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| Nationality | East Germany Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 22, 1969 Oelsnitz, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +105 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ronny Weller (born 22 July 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 1960-76.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 110 kg | 190.0 | 3 | 230.0 | 235.0 | 3 | 425.0 | ||||
| 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 110 kg | 185.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 2 | 225.0 | 235.0 | 240.0 | 1 | 432.5 | |
| 1996 | Atlanta, United States | +108 kg | 195.0 | 200.0 | 2 | 245.0 | 252.5 | 255.0 | 2 | 455.0 | ||
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | +105 kg | 200.0 | 210.0 | 2 | 250.0 | 257.5 | 4 | 467.5 | |||
| 2004 | Athens, Greece | +105 kg | 195.0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | 100 kg | 180 | 5 | 225 | 405 | 4 | |||||
| 1989 | Athens, Greece | 110 kg | 190 | 197.5 | 202.5 | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| 1991 | Donaueschingen, Germany | 110 kg | 182.5 | 190 | 215 | 230 | 420 | |||||
| 1993 | Melbourne, Australia | +108 kg | 192.5 | 197.5 | 200 | 235 | 242.5 | 442.5 | ||||
| 1995 | Guangzhou, China | +108 kg | 192.5 | 197.5 | 227.5 | 237.5 | 242.5 | 440 | ||||
| 1997 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | +108 kg | 195 | 200 | 242.5 | 250 | 450 | |||||
| 1999 | Athens, Greece | +105 kg | -- | 232.5 | 240 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | |||
| 2003 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | +105 kg | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Personal records
- Snatch: 205 kg in 1989 on Fort Lauderdale in class to 110 kg (junior world record until 1992).[1]
- Snatch: 210 kg (former world record in weight class over 105 kg)[2]
- Clean and jerk: 260.0 kg 1998 in Riesa in class over 105 kg (European record 1998–2018)
- Total: 467.5 kg (210+257.5) 2000 Summer Olympics in class over 105 kg (that was a world record in old weight class over 105 kg)[2]
See also
References
- ^ "World Records from 1972 - 1992". Weightliftingexchange.com. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ a b "IWF Annual Book 2007" (PDF). www.iwf.net.
External links
- Ronny Weller at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Ronny Weller at Lift Up
- Ronny Weller at Weightlifting Exchange
- Ronny Weller at Database Weightlifting
- Sports-Reference Profile