Ronny Weller

Ronny Weller (born 22 July 1969 in Oelsnitz, Saxony) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany.

Olympic medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul110 kg
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona110 kg
1996 Atlanta+108 kg
2000 Sydney+105 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1991 Donaueschingen110 kg
1993 Melbourne+108 kg
1995 Guangzhou+108 kg
1997 Chiang Mai+108 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
1993 Sofia108 kg
1998 Riesa+105 kg
1999 La Coruña+105 kg
2000 Sofia+105 kg
2002 Antalya+105 kg
2004 Kiev+105 kg

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
1988 Seoul, South Korea110 kg190.0190.0190.03230.0230.0235.03425.0
1992 Barcelona, Spain110 kg185.0190.0192.52225.0235.0240.01432.5
1996 Atlanta, United States+108 kg195.0200.0202.52245.0252.5255.02455.0
2000 Sydney, Australia+105 kg200.0207.5210.02250.0257.5262.54467.5
2004 Athens, Greece+105 kg195.0200.0202.57


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.
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