Ronny Weller

Ronny Weller ( born July 22, 1969 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl. ) Is a former German weightlifter. He won during his career in international competitions 49 medals and provided a total of eleven world records. His highest competition weight was 151.84 kg (Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 ).

• 3.1 Competitive balance (Overview)
• 3.2 bests

Career

Beginnings as a weightlifter

With father Günther, sports officer of the NVA, and mother Christine he came mid-1970s after Marxwalde, today Neuhardenberg. As Gunther Weller in resident training center worked weightlifting Army Sports Club, son Ronny came early into contact with this sport, where he noticed through his unusually great talent soon. Nationally, stir he made in 1983 as "Strongest pioneer" and Spartakiadesieger the GDR. In the same year he came to the Children's and Youth Sports School to Frankfurt ( Oder). In 1987 he became Junior World Champion in the 1st heavyweight and broke through the age of 17 in an Olympic duel for the first time the 400 -pound barrier. A year later won Ronny Weller, who had now ascended to the second heavyweight, at the Olympic Games in Seoul already the bronze medal, which he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. In 1989 he won for the second time the world title in the juniors. He also became world champion in the seniors in the sub-discipline tearing.

Accident

On 22 December 1989, however, the career seemed to have ended abruptly. In the vicinity of Frankfurt (Oder) Ronny Weller accident on a wet road with his then-girlfriend in his parents' car when he at overtaking the control of the vehicle lost and crashed into a tree. His girlfriend died at the scene, Weller himself suffered life-threatening injuries and was with several broken bones a week in a coma. That he survived this accident, limited according to the attending physicians on a miracle.

Comeback

Some fifteen months after the trauma Ronny Weller got back into training. Through hard training, but certainly also by his extraordinary talent, he was soon able to unlock them again a world leader. In 1991 he won at the World Championships in Donaueschingen, tearing, cutting, and in the duel each the silver medal. A year later at the Olympic Games in Barcelona Ronny Weller celebrated his biggest success when he won the first place in the 2nd heavyweight. At that time, he moved with his parents on the recommendation of former Olympic champion Rolf Milsner of Frankfurt ( Oder) to Duisburg, because there was there for the risk of unemployment father the chance of a permanent appointment in Sport and bath office.

In 1993 Ronny Weller won the world title in the snatch and in a duel in the super heavyweight. At the World Championships in 1995 and 1997 more titles in the snatch, and each second and third places in the duel and jerk followed behind his eternal rival Andrei Tschemerkin from Russia. This pointed Ronny Weller at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 to second place. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Ronny Weller took second place again, this time behind the Iranian Hossein Rezazadeh, who has already played the following generation. In subsequent years, Weller had more frequently insert heats and events due to injuries. Nevertheless, Weller was next to Marc Huster as the figurehead of the German weightlifting, he was on the international stage to be a guarantor of precious metal.

2002 Weller could win the gold medal at the European Championships in Antalya in pushing and in a duel. In addition, he finished second in the snatch. At the European Championships in 2004 Ronny Weller won another three bronze medals. In the same year he took up at the Olympic Games in Athens, where he had a real chance to become the first weightlifter ever at five Olympic Games, each a medal. But a longing scribe in the right shoulder, which Weller drew upon the second attempt of breaking, prevented this triumph. Immediately afterwards, he finished his career. In December 2004, Ronny Weller was adopted in the framework of the German Championships in Plauen solemnly from the competitive sports.

Others

Ronny Weller is married since May 2003 and since November 2003 has one daughter. He was a member of the sports promotion group of the German Armed Forces, from which he in December 2006, as the rank of First Sergeant, retired.

Statistics

Competitive balance (Overview)

* .... Only duel result is considered, therefore, no place award in the individual disciplines ** .... Took place at the World Championships k space .... reached no placement because competition ended prematurely n a non-runner .... invalid .... all three attempts invalid

Bests

• Tear: 205.0 kg in class to 110 kg in 1989 in Fort Lauderdale.
• Tear: 210.0 kg in class over 105 kg.
• Launched: 260.0 kg in class over 105 kg.
• Duel: 467.5 kg ( 210.0 257.5 ) in the class over 105 kg.