Rolf Milser
Rolf Milsner ( born June 28, 1951 in Bernburg (Saale ) ) is a former German weightlifter and hotelier.
Sporting career
Milsner grew up in Duisburg, where he was held for weightlifting. In the high- field athletes he coached society and launched in 1968 for the first time at the German Junior Championships, where he finished with 255 kg in powerlifting in the class up to 70 kg body weight ninth place. In the following years he improved to 1972 almost every year by about 50 kg in powerlifting.
In 1971 he won the German Junior Championship in the light heavyweight division to 82.5 kg of body weight with 412.5 kg. In 1972 he was German champion for the first time and started in the Olympic Games in Munich, where he finished in 7th place with 477.5 kg. After the Olympic Games in 1972, the Press, one of Milsers strengths, and thus the three-way battle was abolished. The athletes were thus now in a duel, consisting of tearing and bumping into things.
His first world championships in a duel, he played in 1973 in Havana in the class up to 82.5 kg and 332.5 kg occupied with the 4th Place. During the World Cup a year later in Manila, he was able to increase significantly and won with 347.5 kg in single combat bronze behind Stoichev and Jenssen, each with 350.0 kg. 1975 in Moscow handed the same duel performance for the 4th place, but Milsner won with 200.0 kg in pushing gold.
At the 1976 Olympic Games was Milsner as one of the title favorites. After he could not compete, however, by the detraining of body weight induced convulsions to crack and thus bring no duel championship, won the Soviet lifter Valery Schary with 365.0 kg. Although Milsner World Cup won gold with 205.0 kg still pushing, because here both competitions were held as an event, but an Olympic medal, he could not win. Also in 1976 could Milsner encounter with 207.5 kg in Berlin world record.
To the World / European Championships 1977 in Stuttgart Milsner moved into the middle heavyweight, then to 90 kg body weight. With a duel capacity of 370.0 kg ( 162.5 kg / 207.5 kg ), he reached the 2nd place behind the Soviet lifter Sergei Poltoratsky with 375.0 kg. 1978 in Gettysburg won Milsner his first World Championship gold in a duel with 377.5 kg ( 162.5 kg / 215.0 kg ) before Gennady Bessonov with 375.0 kg and 367.5 kg Antalovics with. A year later in Salonika scored Bessonov 380.0 kg and thus referred Milsner with 377.5 kg ( 165.0 kg / 212.5 kg ) to second place. At the European Championships in the same year, Milsner his second world record with 222.5 kg.
At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow Milsner could not attend because of the boycott of the Western States. Here was Milsner as one of the favorites. So gold went in Medium weight up to 90 kg with a duel capacity of 377.5 kg ( 170.0 kg / 207.5 kg ) to Peter Baczako. This performance was achieved already at the two previous World Championships Milsner. Furthermore, he would have been the strongest pusher in the field.
At the World Championships in 1981 in Lille, he was able to bring a valid trial and thus remained unplaced after 167.5 kg in the snatch and jerk. The winner was Blagoj Blagoev with 405.0 kg ( 185.0 kg / 220.0 kg ), before Sacharewitsch with 397.5 kg ( 180.0 kg / 217.5 kg ). At the 1982 World Cup and 1983 Milsner moved to the heavy weight to 100.0 kg body weight. Here he was in Moscow with 390.0 kg achieved the rapidly increasing level of Ostheber little to oppose and finished sixth. The winner was Alexander Popov Pavel Kuznetsov before, each with 422.5 kg in the total.
After the boycott of the Eastern States of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles but Milsner again had chances for a medal, which he was able to put in his now fourth Olympics as well. He won gold in the heavyweight division with 385.0 kg ( 167.5 kg / 217.5 kg ). The world record at the time was 440.0 kg in single combat, erected in 1983 by Sacharewitsch. This clearly shows that it was the absence of Ostheber to a relatively weak field of participants, yet signified his 217.5 kg and jerk Olympic record. After winning his Olympic gold medal ended the six-time world champion Milsner 1984 his active career as a weightlifter in which he also next 114 German records aufstellte the two already mentioned world records.
After the active sports
After his career as a weightlifter Milsner was twelve years national coach of the German weightlifter and five years as president of the Association of German Diploma trainer ( VDDT ).
Currently (January 2009) operates Milsner a hotel in Duisburg- Huckingen in which, among other things, the Monegasque royal family lived for the Champions League final in 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup, the Italian national football team was housed.
Others
- Milsner confessed to the prohibition of anabolic steroids in 1977 open to their use and pleaded for a controlled intake.
- Milsner involved as an ambassador for the Football World Cup 2006, the people with disabilities in Germany.
Statistics
International success / Mehrkampf
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, Ls = Light Heavyweight, Ms = Medium weight, 1.S = 1 heavyweight, competitions until 1972 in the Olympic triathlon, consisting of press, snatch and jerk and since 1973 in a duel, consisting of tearing and piercing )
Medals individual disciplines
( in weight classes Ls, Ms and 1.S, )
- World Championship gold medals in 1975, pushing, 200 kg - 1976, pushing, 205 kg - 1977, pushing, 207.5 kg - 1978, pushing, 215 kg - 1979, pushing, 212.5 kg
- World Championship silver medals in 1977, tearing, 162.5 kg - 1979, Snatch, 165 kg - 1984, tearing, 167.5 kg - 1984, pushing, 217.5 kg
- World Cup bronze: 1972, pressing, 165 kg
- EM Gold Medals: 1976, pushing, 207.5 kg - 1977, pushing, 207.5 kg - 1979, pushing, 222.5 kg
- EM - Silver Medals: 1973, pushing, 190 kg - 1977, tearing, 162.5 kg - 1978, pushing, 215 kg
German Championships
World Records
In beidarmigen Launched:
- 207.5 kg, 1976 in Berlin, Ls,
- 222.5 kg, 1979 in Varna, Ms
In addition, Rolf Milsner presented in his career to a total of 115 German records.