Georg Miske

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Georg Miske 1956

Georg Miske (born April 9, 1928 in Schönwald , Tost-Gleiwitz district , † January 28, 2009 in Leipzig ) was a German weightlifter .

Career

Georg Miske from Upper Silesia, who lived in Leipzig after the expulsion , was a mechanical engineer by profession. At the age of twenty he began weightlifting and was the first athlete from the GDR to make it to the top of the world in weightlifting. As a featherweight (up to 60 kg body weight) he surpassed the German records of two-time world champion Georg Liebsch in pushing and in the Olympic three-way fight. In the early 1950s Georg Miske joined the People's Police (KVP) and later was a major in the National People's Army (NVA) of the GDR. He was a member of the ASK Vorwärts Berlin and Leipzig.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Fe = featherweight)

  • 1955, 3rd place , World Youth Festival, Fe, with 305 kg, behind Marian Zieliński , Poland , 322.5 kg and Kirschon, USSR , 317.5 kg;
  • 1956, 4th place , EM in Helsinki , Fe, with 307.5 kg, behind Rafael Tschimischkjan , USSR, 340 kg, Sebastiano Mannironi , Italy , 325 kg and Zieliński, 325 kg;
  • 1956, 6th place , OS in Melbourne , Fe, with 320 kg, 1st place: Isaac Berger , USA , 352.5 kg, ahead of Yevgeny Minajew , USSR, 342.5 kg;
  • 1957, 3rd place , EM in Kattowitz , Fe, with 307.5 kg, behind Tschimischkian, 340 kg and Balogh, Hungary , 310 kg;
  • 1958, 4th place , military Spartakiade in Leipzig , Fe, with 305 kg, behind Minajew, 340 kg and Shi Chen-Lui, People's Republic of China , 320 kg;
  • 1958, 3rd place , EM in Stockholm , Fe, 317.5 kg, behind Minajew, 362.5 kg and Mannironi, 342.5 kg;
  • 1959, 2nd place , championship of the verb. Eastern armies, Fe, with 307.5 kg, behind Zieliński, 360 kg and in front of Szabo, Hungary, 290 kg;
  • 1960, 12th place , OS in Rome , Fe, with 310 kg, 1st place: Minajew, 372.5 kg, ahead of Berger, 362.5 kg

German championships

  • 1954, 2nd place, Fe, with 285 kg, behind Ewald Breßlein , Essen, 300 kg and in front of Werner Müller, Meißen, 277.5 kg;
  • 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959 and 1960 GDR featherweight champions

German records

when pressing with both arms:

  • 97.5 kg, 1956, Fe,
  • 100 kg, 1956, Fe,
  • 102 kg, 1957, Fe,
  • 105 kg, 1957, Fe

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 317.5 kg, 1956, Fe,
  • 320 kg, 1956, Fe

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personal data
SURNAME Miske, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Schönwald , Tost-Gleiwitz district
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2009
Place of death Leipzig