Rudolf Edinger

Rudolf Edinger ( born November 22, 1902 in Erlaa, Lower Austria, † 4 May 1997 Brunn am Gebirge, Lower Austria ) was an Austrian weightlifter in the interwar period.

Life

Born the son of a butcher, he has also taken this profession after completing school. Soon after birth by his father, who was incidentally also a cattle dealer, purchased a house in Siebenhirten (now 1232 Vienna) where it has passed a butcher operation until the 1980s. After the early death of his father he continued the operation and opened by family differences in 1937 in Maria Grossenzersdorf his own business. In 1942 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and was used in France and on the Eastern Front as a driver and paramedic. After escaping from captivity, he returned to Vienna and built from a bomb ruin a residential and commercial building in Maria Enzersdorf, where he continued to pursued his profession. With 67 years he retired, moved initially in the vicinity of St. Pölten, but returned later in the vicinity of his children and grandchildren to Brunn am Gebirge back and died there in 1997 at the age of 94 years.

He was co-founder in 1919 and striker of the football club SC Siebenhirten and a member of some motor sports clubs in the south of Vienna. As a butcher at hard labor used, especially with the handling of overweight cattle and pig carcasses, it was natural to go lift. With a height of 164 cm, he took up in the lightweight ( to 67.5 kg). Training was then barely, the athletes had enough Rohkraft because of their professions - (often Fleischer, iron benders, Künettengraber etc.). Muscle Building with medication, even a massage or sauna at that time were not common.

Vienna had in the first half of the 20th century the reputation as the "city of the strong men " which is a view of a roll of honor of the Austrian Rischen Weightlifting Association shows where 32 world champions, four Olympic champions, 28 European Champion and many other medalists are listed. In 1919 he appeared for the first time overseas to fight with the Germans Games in Berlin, where he was third in the lightweight.

In 1923 at the World Championships in Vienna, he could bring in a four fight 360 kg for high track and win the title at lightweight. The then usual four-way battle consisted of both arms tearing, pushing both arms and both arms now crossed disciplines and single arm press - pronounced feats of strength, with less technology was necessary as pure power performance. At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924, he could not repeat his performance from the World Cup last year. Although he presented in both arms pressing with 97.5 kg a new world record in the middleweight division, into one of the three other disciplines passed him a complete failure ( none of the three authorized attempts was valid ), which is why he does not appear in the standings of Olympic competition. This world record he could improve in following championships up to 105 kg. Several won championships such as the CSR Championship in 1926 followed.

In the winter of 1932 he had with packed snow in a car accident with the truck, the left arm was shattered. The famous surgeon Lorenz Böhler transplanted a bone part of the tibia in his forearm, which amputation was avoided. After recovering, he took his job with some disability again and led its operation until 1969 on.

• Weightlifting ( Austria )
• Olympian ( Austria )
• Austrian
• Born in 1902
• Died in 1997
• Man