Dietmar Zint
Dietmar Zint (born January 24, 1977 in Immenstadt im Allgäu ) is a German strength athlete specializing in powerlifting , bench press , strongman and stone lifting . He was multiple world champion, world cup winner and German master in powerlifting and world record holder in the individual bench press.
Career
Zint had been a competitive gymnast since he was 9 years old and began his weight training career at the age of 18. In 1999, Zint took part for the first time in the Bavarian championship in powerlifting and thus for the first time in a professional competition. With 260 kg squat, 180 kg bench press and 260 kg deadlift, he set a new Swabian junior record. In the same year, Zint also won the German junior championship in powerlifting and was appointed to the German junior A-team. In 2000, Zint won gold in the bench press and set new German junior records with 230 and 240 kg. In the following year he was appointed to the German A-squad of active players and also beat the German bench press record there at the World Cup. In the following years he won the German championship in powerlifting from 2002 to 2006 and acquired numerous other national and international titles. At the German three-way championship in 2004, Zint set the highest total three-way weight ever shown by a German-speaking athlete with 1052 kg and also set a new bench press world record with 291 kg. A film was published of the training that took place under the title "Dietmar Zint - 1052".
Zint trained three times a week and weighed an average of 137-144 kg with a height of 183 cm. His upper arm measured 57 cm at its best and his thigh was 87 cm in circumference.
Zint has largely withdrawn from professional sport since 2007 and is now head of a district insurance company. He also has a few advertising and media appearances, such as in 2008 on the television show "Guinness World Records - The Greatest World Records".
Sporting successes
Zint is the only German-speaking athlete who has shown over 400 kg squats and over 300 kg bench presses in a competition. Zint was multiple world champion in powerlifting with a world record and ten times European record in the individual discipline bench press, multiple World Cup winner, eight-time German master in powerlifting and national master in stone lifting and also set new German records in all sub-disciplines of powerlifting.
Top performances
- Squat: 425.00 kg
- Bench press: 301.50 kg
- Deadlift: 350.00 kg
- Total: 1065.00 kg
With a total three-way weight of 1052 kg and later 1065 kg, Zint was "the strongest German-speaking powerlifting fighter of all weight and age classes, of all associations, of all time".
Juniors
- 1999 - German champion in powerlifting
- 2000 - German champion in powerlifting
- 2000 - Vice-European bench press champion
- 2000 - world bench press champion
Active
- 2001 - World Championship bronze in bench press
- 2001 - Lechfeldcup overall winner
- 2002 - German champion in powerlifting
- 2002 - World Cup winner in powerlifting
- 2002 - Vice world champion in powerlifting
- 2003 - German champion in powerlifting
- 2004 - German champion in powerlifting
- 2004 - world champion in powerlifting
- 2004 - World Cup winner in powerlifting
- 2005 - German champion in powerlifting
- 2005 - German bench press champion
- 2005 - German Strongman Vice Champion
- 2005 - world champion in powerlifting
- 2006 - German champion in powerlifting
- 2006 - German bench press champion
- 2006 - German champion in stone lifting
Web links
- Personal website Dietmar Zints (successes) ( Memento from December 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Erik Dreesen: Interview with Dietmar Zint
Individual evidence
- ^ Allgäuer Anzeigeeblatt: DM title for Dietmar Zint in powerlifting
- ↑ Christian Zippel: Interview with Dietmar Zint ( Memento from July 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zint, Dietmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German strength athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Immenstadt in the Allgäu |