Robert Fein

Vienna Central Cemetery, grave of Olympic champion Robert Fein

Robert Fein (born December 8, 1907 in Vienna ; † January 2, 1975 ibid) was an Austrian weightlifter and Olympic champion .

Career

Robert Fein started out as a gymnast and swimmer in Vienna and began lifting weights in 1928 when he became a member of the Ursus athletes' club in Vienna. He won the title of European lightweight champion in Vienna as early as 1929. This began a career that culminated in the 1936 Olympic victory in Berlin. There he won the gold medal in the lightweight together with the Egyptian Anwar Misbah and both were able to beat the world record at that time with a weight of 342.50 kg each. In 1937 he was awarded the gold medal for services to the Republic of Austria .

As a Jew, Robert Fein suffered reprisals during the Nazi era and could no longer start. After the Second World War , he held several high offices in the Austrian and international weightlifting association.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, tearing and pushing, Le = lightweight)

• 1929, 1st place , EM in Vienna, OD, Le, with 310 kg, in front of Jordan, Germany , 292.5 kg and Kurt Helbig , Germany, 287.5 kg;
• 1929, 1st place , intern. Czechoslovak Championship in Preßburg , OD, Le, with 302.5 kg before Iraq, Austria , 257.5 kg u. Martinovic, Czechoslovakia , 245 kg;
• 1930, 3rd place , EM in Munich , OD, Le, with 292.5 kg, behind Hans Haas , Austria , 317.5 kg and Rene Duverger , France , 295 kg;
• 1934, 1st place , EM in Genoa , OD, Le, with 312.5 kg, ahead of Duverger, 312.5 kg and Adolf Wagner , Germany, 295 kg;
• 1935, 2nd place , EM in Paris , OD, Le, with 322.5 kg, behind Karl Jansen , Germany, 325 kg and in front of Duverger 312.5 kg;
• 1936, gold medal , OS in Berlin , OD, Le, with 342.5 kg (105 - 100 - 137.5), together with Mohammed Mesbah , Egypt , 342.5 kg (92.5 - 105 - 145) and before Karl Jansen, Germany, 327.5 kg;
• 1937, 2nd place , World Championships in Paris , OD, Le, with 355 kg (107.5 - 107.5 - 140), behind Anthony Terlazzo , USA , 357.5 kg (105 - 110 - 142.5) and in front Jansen, 330 kg;

National successes

Robert Fein was German champion and fighting game winner in 1930 in Breslau with 305 kg, OD, Le, ahead of Stephan, Magdeburg and won several Austrian national championship titles.

World records

when pressing with both arms:

• 1931 in Vienna, 100 kg,
• 1934 in Vienna, 103 kg,
• 1936 in Vienna, 105 kg,
• 1936 in Vienna, 106 kg,
• 1937 in Vienna, 108.5 kg,
• 1937 in Vienna, 110 kg,

in two-armed tearing:

• 1931 in Vienna, 105.5 kg,
• 1934 in Vienna, 106 kg,
• 1936 in Budapest , 110 kg,
• 1937 in Vienna, 111.5 kg,

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 1934 in Vienna, 330 kg,
• 1936 in Warsaw , 335 kg,
• 1936 in Berlin, 342.5 kg,
• 1937 in Vienna, 345 kg,
• 1937 in Vienna, 350 kg,
• 1937 in Vienna, 357.5 kg,
• 1937 in Vienna, 360 kg

Web links

• Robert Fein Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century
• Brief portrait
• Robert Fein in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• The interesting sheet (digitized edition) with photo by Robert Fein

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robert Fein continues the Austrian weightlifting tradition with a gold medal , Austria's athlete at the Olympic Games , ÖOC