Franz Zinner

Franz Zinner (* 1903, † 1980 in Würzburg ) was a German weightlifter.

Career

Franz Zinner grew up in Würzburg and was a member of the TG Würzburg. As a boy he swam like and began as a teenager with weight lifting. In 1924 he became German champion in the middleweight division for the first time. Since Germany was in 1924 still excluded from participating in the Olympic Games and from 1925 to 1927 took place no international championships, he was able to measure only at the 1928 Olympics with the world elite. By 1930 he started then with good success in national and international competitions. His special discipline was the beidarmige tearing, in the he set several world records.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, Mi = middleweight, HS = Half Heavyweight, OD = Olympic triathlon consisting of beidarmigem Press, Snatch and Jerk, FK = pentathlon, consisting of OD one-arm snatch and one-arm bumping )

German Championships

World Records

(all situated in the middleweight)

In beidarmigen tearing:

• 99.5 kg, 1923 in Schweinfurt,
• 100 kg in 1924 in Mannheim,
• 103 kg, 1925 in Fuerth,
• 107 kg, 1928 in Schweinfurt

In beidarmigen Launched:

In Olympic triathlon:

• 300 kg in 1923 in Würzburg