Franz Zinner

Franz Zinner

Franz Zinner (born July 19, 1902 , † 1980 in Würzburg ) was a German weightlifter.

Career

Franz Zinner grew up in Würzburg and was a member of the TG Würzburg. He loved swimming as a boy and began lifting weights as a teenager. In 1924 he was the first German middleweight champion. Since Germany was still excluded from participating in the Olympic Games in 1924 and no international championships were held from 1925 to 1927, he was only able to compete with the world's elite at the 1928 Olympic Games. Until 1930 he started with good success in national and international competitions. His specialty was two-armed tearing, in which he set several world records.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, Mi = middleweight, HS = light heavyweight, OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, snatching and pushing, FK = pentathlon, consisting of OD + one-armed snatching and one-armed pushing)

• 1928, 4th place , OS in Amsterdam , OD, Wed, with 322.5 kg, behind Roger François , France , 335 kg, Carlo Galimberti , Italy , 332.5 kg and August Scheffer, Netherlands, 327.5 kg;
• 1930, 7th place , EM in Munich , OD, HS, with 327.5 kg, winner: Louis Hostin , France , 350 kg, ahead of Jakob Vogt , Germany , 340 kg

German championships

• 1924, 1st place , FK, Wed, with 445 kg, ahead of Ruttmann, Nuremberg, 445 kg and Neukirchen, Essen , 420 kg;
• 1925, 1st place , FK, Wed, with 460 kg, in front of Hammon, Nuremberg, 450 kg and groom, Arnstadt , 417.5 kg;
• 1926, 1st place , FK, Wed, with 480 kg, in front of Treifug, Vienna , 462.5 kg and Walter Mang , Hamburg , 442.5 kg;
• 1927, 1st place , OD, Wed, with 310 kg, ahead of Willi Hoffmann, Magdeburg , 305 kg and August Lang, Cologne , 297.5 kg;
• 1928, 1st place , OD, Wed, with 322.5 kg, ahead of Mang, 317.5 kg and Hoffmann, 305 kg

World records

(all placed in the middleweight division)

in two-armed tearing:

• 99.5 kg, 1923 in Schweinfurt ,
• 100 kg, 1924 in Mannheim ,
• 103 kg, 1925 in Zirndorf ,
• 107 kg, 1928 in Schweinfurt

in two-armed thrusting:

• 133 kg, 1927 in Würzburg

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 300 kg, 1923 in Würzburg

Web links

Franz Zinner in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century