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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	-110 kg
Silver	1996 Atlanta	+108 kg
Silver	2000 Sydney	+105 kg
Competitor for  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze	1988 Seoul	-110 kg
European Championships Total
Competitor for  Germany
Gold	1998 Riesa	+105 kg
Silver	1999 La Coruña	+105 kg

Ronny Weller (born July 22, 1969 in Oelsnitz) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany.

During the 1990s, he was three times world champion, and broke world records 11 times. He participated in the Olympic Games five times, winning four medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he had to retire from the contest due to an injury he suffered during the snatch competition.

Weightlifting career

Weller has held world records and broken many in his time, and is still going strong. His best lifts are as follows:

• Snatch: 205.0 kg in 1989 on Fort Lauderdale in class to 110 kg.^[1]
• Snatch: 210.0 kg in class over 105 kg.
• Clean and jerk: 260.0 kg 1998 in Riesa in class over 105 kg.
• Total: 467.5 kg (210.0 + 257.5) 2000 Summer Olympics in class over 105 kg.^[2]

References

External links

• Ronny Weller at Lift Up
• Ronny Weller at Weightlifting Exchange
• Ronny Weller at Database Weightlifting