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Matthias Steiner (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ˈʃtaɪnɐ] ⓘ; born 25 August 1982) is a retired Austrian-German weightlifter, and Olympic gold medalist. [1]As a native Austrian, he competed for Austria internationally from 1998 to 2005, in European Championships, World Championships, and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Lee Roy James (October 31, 1953 – February 11, 2023) was an American Olympic weightlifter. [ 1 ] On February 18, 2023, it was announced that James had died at the age of 69.
At the modern Olympic Games, as of the conclusion of the 2024 Summer Paralympics, eight Olympic or Paralympic athletes and six horses have died as a result of competing in or practicing their sport at Games venues; three other deaths were potentially a result of competition.
Weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, who competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has died while fighting in his country’s war with Russia, according to statements from the Ukraine Olympic ...
Weightlifter Hampton Morris made history on Wednesday, becoming the first American man to win an Olympic weightlifting medal since 1984. Morris won bronze after hoisting a combined weight of 298 ...
On July 26, 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics for the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting, Diaz won the gold medal for the Philippines, becoming the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal. [12] She also set Olympic records for the 55 kg division in the clean and jerk at 127 kg and in the total at 224 kg. [13]
Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division on Sunday to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics. Li was the runaway winner by lifting a total of 309 kilograms ...
Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.