Jürgen Ciezki

Jürgen Ciezki (born May 27, 1952 in Schwerin ) is a former German weightlifter . He won several medals in the 2nd heavyweight class (up to 110 kg body weight) at world and European championships between 1974 and 1980.

Career

Jürgen Ciezki, who learned to be an electrician, began lifting weights as a teenager in 1967. When his great talent became apparent, he was delegated to TSC Berlin . At the age of 18, he was 1.80 meters tall and in the 2nd heavyweight division, which had a weight limit of 110 kg. In 1970 he took second place in the junior championship of the GDR in the 2nd heavyweight division with 367.5 kg in the Olympic three-way fight (OD).

A year later, in 1971, he became junior champion of the GDR in the 2nd heavyweight class and increased to 425 kg in the OD. In the same year he showed himself further improved at a junior tournament in Sliven with 440 kg in the OD. However, he already pulverized this performance at the GDR championship in 1972, when he increased to 522.5 kg in the OD and thus took 1st place. After the Olympic Games in 1972, pushing was abolished and since then only a duel consisting of snatching and pushing has been fought. Jürgen Ciezki achieved in this new form of competition in 1972 at an international tournament in Havana 335 kg (145-190) and won over the Soviet athlete Tarkil, 315 kg. He increased this performance in 1972 in a junior international match between the GDR and Poland to 345 kg (155-190).

In 1973 Jürgen Ciezki increased himself to 357.5 kg in the GDR championship and thus took 2nd place behind Helmut Losch , 362.5 kg and in front of Peter Käks , 350 kg. In 1974 he was then in the 2nd heavyweight with 362.5 kg (162.5-200) again GDR champion. He referred Peter Käks to 2nd place with 345 kg. In 1974 he was used for the first time at an international championship. At the European Championships in Varna he achieved 370 kg (165-205) in the 2nd heavyweight division and thus won 3rd place behind Valeri Ustyushin from the USSR , 390 kg and Valentin Christow from Bulgaria, 387.5 kg. In the same year he was also used at the World Championships in Manila . There he achieved the new personal best of 377.5 kg (165-212.5), with which he was runner-up behind Vasily Ustyushin and referred the second Soviet starter Yuri Saizew to 3rd place. He achieved the greatest success of his career in pushing, because with 212.5 kg he won the world title because he was a little lighter than Ustyuschin, who managed the same load.

In 1975, after winning his third GDR championship title, he started at the World and European Championships in Moscow . Jürgen Ciezki achieved in Moscow in a duel 390 kg (170-220) and thus occupied both the World and the European Championships behind the 417.5 kg world record lifting Valentin Christow and the somewhat lighter Soviet athlete Vasily Moscheikow , who like him Lifted 390 kg, 3rd place.

In 1976 Jürgen Czieki achieved the best duel performance of his career at the European Championships in Berlin (East) with 395 kg (170-225). With this performance he came 3rd behind Valentin Christow, 415 kg and Yuri Saizew, USSR, 400 kg. Because of this performance, he drove very confidently to the Olympic Games in Montreal . There he was not in good shape and only achieved 372.5 kg (162.5–210) in a duel. With this performance he originally only finished 7th, but subsequently moved up to 5th place because of the disqualification of two athletes who were in front of him because of doping. Among other things, the original Olympic champion Valentin Christow was disqualified.

At the World and European Championships in Stuttgart in 1977 , Valentin Christow, who received only an incomprehensibly short doping ban, Juri Saizew and Jürgen Ciezki made the world and European champions among themselves. Jürgen Ciezki was the third winner behind Christow and Saizew with 390 kg (172.5–217.5). In 1978 Christow was absent due to an injury. Jürgen Ciezki was therefore this year both at the European Championships in Havířov and at the World Championships in Gettysburg with 380 kg (170-210) and 385 kg (170-215) behind Yuri Saizew, 402.5 kg (177, 5–225) and 402.5 (172.5–230) took second place.

In 1979 Jürgen Ciezki was out due to an injury. But he celebrated a successful comeback in 1980 at the Meissen Cup of Blue Swords in the 2nd heavyweight division, when he took second place with 375 kg (165-210) behind the Hungarian Györgyi Szalay , 377.5 kg. At the subsequent European championship in Belgrade , he again achieved 390 kg in a duel and thus took 3rd place behind the new Soviet star lifter Leonid Taranenko , 420 kg a. Valentin Christow, 402.5 kg. This was Jürgen Ciezki's last start at an international championship, because, surprisingly, he was no longer at the Olympic Games in Moscow.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, OD = Olympic three-way fight, ZK = duel, 2S = 2nd heavyweight, up to 110 kg body weight)

• 1971, 3rd place, intern. Junior tournament in Sliven , 2S, OD, with 440 kg, behind Györgyi Szalay , Hungary , 460 kg u. Tadeusz Rutkowski , Poland , 450 kg;
• 1972, 1st place, cup tournament in Berlin (East), 2S, OD, with 515 kg (170-155-190), ahead of Jürgen Heuser , GDR , 470 kg;
• 1972, 1st place, intern. Tournament in Havana , 2S, ZK, with 335 kg (145–190), in front of Tarkil, USSR , 315 kg a. Iliev, Bulgaria , 255 kg;
• 1973, 1st place, intern. Tournament in Berlin (East), 2S, ZK, with 355 kg, in front of Helmut Losch , GDR, 345 kg a. Peter Käks , GDR, 340 kg;
• 1974, 2nd place, tournament of friendship in Yerevan , 2S, ZK, with 375 kg (165–210), behind Valeri Ustyuschin , USSR, 377.5 kg a. before Valentin Christow , Bulgaria, 362.5 kg;
• 1974, 3rd place, EM in Varna , 2S, ZK, with 370 kg (165–205), behind Valeri Ustyuschin, 390 kg a. Valentin Christow, 387.5 kg, before Stefan Grützner , GDR, 362.5 kg a. Dieter Westphal , FRG , 360 kg;
• 1974, 3rd place, World Championship in Manila , 2S, ZK, with 377.5 kg (165–212.5), behind Vasily Ustyuschin, USSR, 380 kg a. before Yuri Saizew , USSR, 367.5 kg;
• 1975, 3rd place, WM + EM in Moscow , 2S, ZK, with 390 kg (170–220), behind Valentin Christow, 417.5 kg (180–237.5) and Vasily Moscheikov , USSR, 390 kg;
• 1976, 3rd place, EM in Berlin (East), 2S, ZK, with 395 kg (170–225), behind Valentin Christow, 415 kg a. Yuri Saizew, 400 kg;
• 1976, 5th place, OS in Montreal , 2S, ZK, with 372.5 kg (162.5–210); Winner: Yuri Saizew, 385 kg, ahead of Krastio Semerdschiew , Bulgaria, 385 kg;
• 1977, 1st place, tournament in Wilna , 2S, ZK, with 370 kg (160–210), ahead of Metschius, USSR, 367.5 kg a. Tadeusz Rutkowski, 355 kg;
• 1977, 2nd place, Grand Prix of Berlin (East), 2S, ZK, with 370 kg, behind Johannes Kieslich, GDR, 382.5 kg;
• 1977, 1st place, Baltic Cup in Stralsund , 2S, ZK, with 385 kg (167.5–217.5), ahead of Peter Käks, 380 kg;
• 1977, 3rd place, WM + EM in Stuttgart , 2S, ZK, with 390 kg (172.5–217.5), behind Valentin Christow, 405 kg a. Yuri Saizew, 395 kg;
• 1978, 2nd place, EM in Havířov , 2S, ZK, with 380 kg (170–210), behind Juri Saizew, 402.5 (177.5–225) and before Leif Nilsson , Sweden , 375 kg;
• 1978, 2nd place, tournament of blue swords in Meißen , 2S, ZK, with 385 kg (170–215), behind Oganessjan, USSR, 385 kg;
• 1978, 2nd place, World Championships in Gettysburg , 2S, ZK, with 385 kg (170–215), behind Yuri Saizew, 402.5 (172.5–230) and before Leif Nilsson, 385 kg;
• 1980, 2nd place, tournament of the blue swords in Meißen, 2S, ZK, with 375 kg (165–210), behind Györgyi Szalay, 377.5 kg a. before Jan Niedzwiecki, Poland, 365 kg;
• 1980, 3rd place, EM in Belgrade , 2S, ZK, with 390 kg, behind Leonid Taranenko , USSR, 420 kg a. Valentin Christow, 402.5 kg

World Cup individual medals

• Gold medals: 1974 / pushing
• Silver medals: 1974 / tearing, 1977 / tearing, 1978 / pushing
• Bronze medals: 1975 / tearing, 1975 / pushing, 1978 / tearing

EM individual medals

• Silver medals: 1974 / tear, 1977 / tear, 1978 / tear
• Bronze medals: 1974 / push, 1975 / tear, 1975 / push, 1976 / tear, 1976 / push, 1978 / push, 1980 / push

GDR championships

• 1972, 1st place, 2S, OD, with 522.5 kg, in front of Grohnwald, 455 kg,
• 1973, 2nd place, 2S, ZK, with 357.5 kg, behind Helmut Losch , 362.5 kg a. before Peter Käks , 350 kg,
• 1974, 1st place, 2S, ZK, with 362.5 kg, in front of Peter Käks, 345 kg,
• 1975, 1st place, 2S, ZK, with 385 kg, in front of Peter Käks a. Helmut Losch,
• 1976, 1st place, 2S, ZK, with 390 kg, in front of Peter Käks a. Helmut Losch,
• 1977, 1st place, 2S, ZK, with 360 kg (only 1 participant),
• 1978, 1st place, 2S, ZK, with 375 kg, ahead of Hartmut Töpfer, 310 kg

swell

• Trade journal Athletik , numbers 8/1971, 11/1972, 12/1972, 8/1973, 11/1973, 6/1974, 9/1974, 10/1975, 8/1976, 3/1977, 6/1977, 7 / 1977, 10/11/1977, 1/1978, 7/1978, 11/1978, 4/1980,
• Specialist magazine heavy athletics (GDR), numbers: 5/1974, 2/1975,
• Website "www.chidlovski.net",
• Website "www.sport-komplett.de"

Web links

• Jürgen Ciezki in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century