Ronny Weller

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Ronny Weller
Personal information
Nationality East Germany
 Germany
Born (1969-07-22) July 22, 1969
Oelsnitz, East Germany
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event+105 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 210 kg (2000)
  • Clean and jerk: 260 kg (1998)
  • Total: 467.5 kg (2000)
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1988 Seoul110 kg
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 Barcelona110 kg
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta+108 kg
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney+105 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place1991 Donaueschingen110 kg
Gold medal – first place1993 Melbourne+108 kg
Silver medal – second place1995 Guangzhou+108 kg
Silver medal – second place1997 Chiang Mai+108 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
Silver medal – second place1993 Sofia108 kg
Gold medal – first place1998 Riesa+105 kg
Silver medal – second place1999 La Coruña+105 kg
Silver medal – second place2000 Sofia+105 kg
Gold medal – first place2002 Antalya+105 kg
Bronze medal – third place2004 Kyiv+105 kg

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
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
1988South Korea Seoul, South Korea110 kg190.0190.0190.03230.0230.0235.03425.03rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1992Spain Barcelona, Spain110 kg185.0190.0192.52225.0235.0240.01432.51st place, gold medalist(s)
1996United States Atlanta, United States+108 kg195.0200.0202.52245.0252.5255.02455.02nd place, silver medalist(s)
2000Australia Sydney, Australia+105 kg200.0207.5210.02250.0257.5262.54467.52nd place, silver medalist(s)
2004Greece Athens, Greece+105 kg195.0200.0202.57——————
World Championships
1987Czechoslovakia Ostrava, Czechoslovakia100 kg18052253rd place, bronze medalist(s)4054
1989Greece Athens, Greece110 kg190197.5202.51st place, gold medalist(s)230230232.5------
1991Germany Donaueschingen, Germany110 kg182.5190192.52nd place, silver medalist(s)2152302302nd place, silver medalist(s)4202nd place, silver medalist(s)
1993Australia Melbourne, Australia+108 kg192.5197.52001st place, gold medalist(s)235235242.53rd place, bronze medalist(s)442.51st place, gold medalist(s)
1995China Guangzhou, China+108 kg192.5197.52001st place, gold medalist(s)227.5237.5242.53rd place, bronze medalist(s)4402nd place, silver medalist(s)
1997Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand+108 kg195200205.51st place, gold medalist(s)242.5250262.52nd place, silver medalist(s)4502nd place, silver medalist(s)
1999Greece Athens, Greece+105 kg200200200--232.5240--7----
2003Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada+105 kg--------------------
European Championships

Personal records

See also

References

  1. "World Records from 1972 - 1992". Weightliftingexchange.com. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. "IWF Annual Book 2007" (PDF). www.iwf.net.