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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.
At the 1980 Summer Olympics Vardanyan became the first weightlifter from Armenia ever to win a gold medal in weightlifting. In a dominant performance, Vardanyan also became the first light-heavyweight (82.5 kg) to lift a total of 400 kg in an official competition, shattering both the Olympic and world records.
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.
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.
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting. Current program. Men. Featherweight –60 kg (1920–1936) 56–60 kg (1948–1992) 59–64 kg (1996) ...
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 ...
In the wake of Raygun’s Olympic debut sparking an avalanche of memes, some might notice that breaking clips from the 2024 Paris Olympics might start being wiped off from the internet.
Twenty-five months after a freak accident nearly killed him, Elija Godwin is in Tokyo as an Olympian. ... Before he fought back from being impaled by a javelin to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic ...