Josef Tauchner

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Josef Tauchner (born February 10, 1929 St. Peter , Linz ) is a former Austrian weightlifter.

Josef Tauchner was the first Austrian weightlifter to advance to the international top class after the Second World War . The Viennese continued the great tradition of Austrian top athletes in the lightweight class, which ranged from Franz Zwerina to Hans Haas to Robert Fein . Josef Tauchner, who started weightlifting in 1947, won six medals at World and European Championships from 1951 onwards.

But he was denied winning an Olympic medal. After the World Championships in 1961 in his hometown of Vienna , he ended his international career, in the course of which he had won all Austrian records in the lightweight and replaced the Olympic champion Robert Fein as the record holder.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Le = lightweight, Wed = middleweight)

  • 1950: 11th place (9th place) WM + EM in Paris , Wed, with 307.5 kg;
  • 1951: 5th place (2nd place), WM + EM in Milan , Le, with 315 kg,
  • 1952: 17th place, OS in Helsinki , Le, with 307.5 kg,
  • 1954: 3rd place (2nd place), WM + EM in Vienna, Le, with 355 kg,
  • 1955: 6th place (3rd place), WM + EM in Munich , Le, with 342.5 kg,
  • 1956: 2nd place, EM in Helsinki , Le, with 357.5 kg;
  • 1956: 10th place, OS in Melbourne , Le, with 347.5 kg;
  • 1958: 3rd place, EM in Stockholm , Le, with 347.5 kg
  • 1959: 12th place (10th place), WM + EM in Warsaw , Le, with 340 kg;
  • 1960: 4th place, EM in Leningrad , Le, with 347.5 kg,
  • 1961: 10th place (6th place), WM + EM in Vienna , Le, with 345 kg

Austrian championships

Josef Tauchner was a total of twelve times Austrian champion in light and middleweight.

Austrian records

At the end of his career, Josef Tauchner held the following Austrian records in lightweight:

  • Pressing with 113.5 kg,
  • Tearing at 112 kg,
  • Impact with 141 kg,
  • oil. Triathlon with 362.5 kg

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personal data
SURNAME Tauchner, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Peter