Matthias Steiner

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Matthias Steiner (2016)

Society: Chemnitz AC
Date of birth: August 25, 1982
Place of birth: Vienna , Austria
Size: 183 cm
Medal table
European championships 1 × gold 3 × silver 2 × bronze
German championships 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Austrian Championships 3 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze

Matthias Steiner (born August 25, 1982 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian - German weightlifter . After his naturalization in Germany in 2008, he became an Olympic and European champion in the super heavyweight category over 105 kg and in 2010 world champion .

After his weightlifting career ended in 2013, he first founded Steinertainment GmbH. Here he works as a fitness and nutrition coach, writes books on nutrition and exercise and gives lectures. In January 2020, he also founded a company that sells low-carb baked goods.

Life

Matthias Steiner in 2010

Matthias Steiner was born in the Austrian capital Vienna and grew up in Obersulz in the Lower Austrian municipality of Sulz in the Weinviertel region . There he started lifting weights as a teenager. On his 18th birthday, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus . Steiner, who has been wearing an insulin pump since 2014 , was one of the best young Austrian lifters at the time and competed for the AC Woge Bregenz . He remained loyal to competitive sports. In 2001, the trained gas , water and heating fitter started for the first time at the European championships in the senior sector, where he finished 16th. The taking place in the same year Junior European Championships in Kalmar , he celebrated with a new personal best in the duel and in the sub-discipline tearing in the heavyweight division , the weight class up to 105 kg each winning the bronze medal.

At the European Championships in 2002, with an 11th place, he improved five places over the previous year. In this competition he broke the "sound barrier" of 200 kg for the first time in pushing . He increased his duel performance to 380 kg (172.5 kg tearing, 207.5 kg pushing). In 2002 he also took part in the title fights in the junior division for the last time and won three bronze medals at both the European and World Championships. In the next few years he started regularly at the World and European Championships, as well as at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . There he achieved a duel result of 405 kg (182.5 kg / 222.5 kg) in the weight class up to 105 kg and thus took seventh place.

In 2004 Steiner met his future wife Susann (1984–2007), who came from Wilkau-Haßlau in Saxony , and moved to Chemnitz . Over time, his performance stagnated, as it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to keep the required weight limit of 105 kg. At the European Championships in Sofia in 2005 he started in the super heavyweight category (over 105 kg body weight). In the European championships he failed in the snatch when he failed to cope with his initial weight of 195 kg three times. Thereupon there were disagreements between him and the Austrian Weightlifting Association (ÖGV) and the comment of the Vice President of the ÖGV, Martin Schödl: “After the renewed evidence of his unsportsmanlike conduct, I don't care whether Steiner starts for Sweden , Germany , Kazakhstan or Carpet Country in the future . “Steiner married Susann on December 9, 2005 and applied for German citizenship . While he was waiting for his naturalization , he was not allowed to take part in international competitions , meanwhile starting for the multiple German team champion Chemnitz AC in the Bundesliga. On July 16, 2007, his wife was killed in a traffic accident. This delayed his naturalization, which was finally finally granted in early 2008.

In April 2008 Steiner started at the European Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro for the first time for Germany, where he became European champion in the sub- discipline tear with a personal best of 200 kg. He also achieved a new personal best in pushing at 246 kg, which meant the bronze medal for him. With a duel result of 446 kg in total, he finished second behind defending champion Viktors Ščerbatihs from Latvia (447 kg). In the German Olympic qualification on July 5, 2008 in Heidelberg , in which he participated although he was already qualified, he improved to 451 kg in a duel. He managed to push 250 kg, which of all German weightlifters only Gerd Bonk , Manfred Nerlinger and Ronny Weller had succeeded. On August 19, 2008, he celebrated his greatest sporting triumph at the Olympic Games in Beijing . With new personal bests in both sub-disciplines (203 kg snatching, 258 kg pushing), with a total of 461 kg, he distanced the entire international competition in super heavyweight and thus became the first German Olympic champion in weightlifting in 16 years. Steiner dedicated this victory to his dead wife and took over the medal with a photo of her in hand. For this reason, the Chinese news agency Xinhua named him in the list of the ten most memorable Olympians with the most emotional victory celebration . On December 21, 2008, he was named the first weightlifter as male athlete of the year at the award ceremony for Germany's Sportsman of the Year .

Matthias and Inge Steiner (when honoring the Austrian athletes of the year 2013)
Steiner with Inge Posmyk and Barbara Ludwig at the Chemmy 2008 award

In January 2009, Steiner was operated on for a congenital hernia and was therefore unable to take part in the Arnold Strongman Classic strongman competition as planned . He also canceled his participation in the 2009 World Championships in Goyang , as his form was insufficient to reach a podium. In 2010 he became world champion in pushing (246 kg) and took second place in a duel (440 kg). At the 2012 Olympics in London he fell while trying to seize 196 kg, and was on the barbell hit in the neck. He suffered bruises and had to quit the competition. He trained at the national performance center in Leimen , continued to compete for the Chemnitz AC and was the captain of the German Bundesliga. In the same year Steiner married the television presenter and news anchor Inge Posmyk , with whom he had been dating since 2008. The couple lived in Heidelberg until 2017 and have two sons who were born in 2010 and 2013. In 2013 he and his wife founded an agency through which they can be booked for events. In October 2012, the couple had their first appearance on the show Steiner gegen alle on Südwestrundfunk , which continued in 2013. On March 22, 2013 Steiner announced his withdrawal from professional sport .

In his active days he weighed 150 kilograms. Then he lost 45 kilograms, wrote two books about it and developed the online fitness and nutrition program "Steiner Principle". He gives lectures on nutrition and exercise, and is also an active motivational speaker. In January 2020 he founded a company that sells self-developed low-carb baked goods.

From March to June 2015 he was the candidate of the RTL - show Let's Dance . He took 3rd place with his dance partner Ekaterina Leonova . In April 2016 he took as a candidate at the 100,000 euro ProSieben - game show Beat the Star part and subject in 15 playoff his opponent, the actor Henning Baum . In January 2017 he took part in the It Takes 2 singing competition (RTL). Steiner then got a record deal with the Telamo music label . In March 2017, the single Back Loved was released , in April 2017 the album of the same name. Steiner is a member of the Board of Trustees of the DFL Foundation .

statistics

Competition balance (overview)

year competition venue Duel space Tear space Bump space Weight class
1998 U16 European Championships A Coruña 240.0 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 110.0 kg 000000000000008.00000000008th 130.0 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 Lightweight
1999 Junior European Championships Spała 275.0 kg 000000000000016.000000000016 125.0 kg 000000000000017.000000000017th 150.0 kg 000000000000016.000000000016 Middle heavyweight
2000 Junior World Championships Prague 307.5 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 137.5 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 170.0 kg 000000000000008.00000000008th Middle heavyweight
2000 Junior European Championships Rijeka 320.0 kg 000000000000008.00000000008th 142.5 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 177.5 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 Middle heavyweight
2001 European championships Trenčín 325.0 kg 000000000000016.000000000016 150.0 kg 000000000000015.000000000015th 175.0 kg 000000000000015.000000000015th Middle heavyweight
2001 Junior European Championships Squid 360.0 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 165.0 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 195.0 kg 000000000000004.00000000004th Heavyweight
2002 European championships Antalya 380.0 kg 000000000000011.000000000011 172.5 kg 000000000000012.000000000012 207.5 kg 000000000000011.000000000011 Super heavyweight
2002 Junior World Championships Havířov 380.0 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 172.5 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 207.5 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 Heavyweight
2002 Junior European Championships Nuoro 387.5 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 172.5 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 215.0 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 Heavyweight
2002 World championships Warsaw 395.0 kg 000000000000012.000000000012 180.0 kg 000000000000012.000000000012 215.0 kg 000000000000012.000000000012 Heavyweight
2003 European championships Loutraki 392.5 kg 000000000000008.00000000008th 180.0 kg 000000000000008.00000000008th 212.5 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 Heavyweight
2003 World championships Vancouver 402.5 kg 000000000000007.00000000007th 182.5 kg 000000000000009.00000000009 220.0 kg 000000000000006.00000000006th Heavyweight
2004 EU championships Budapest 392.5 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 177.5 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 215.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 Heavyweight
2004 European championships Kiev 405.0 kg 000000000000007.00000000007th 180.0 kg 000000000000010.000000000010 225.0 kg 000000000000005.00000000005 Heavyweight
2004 Olympic Summer Games * Athens 405.0 kg 000000000000007.00000000007th 182.5 kg - 222.5 kg - Heavyweight
2005 European championships Sofia / k. space invalid k. space n / A k. space Super heavyweight
2008 International tournament Beijing 423.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 193.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 230.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 Super heavyweight
2008 European championships Lignano Sabbiadoro 446.0 kg 000000000000002.00000000002 200.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 246.0 kg 000000000000003.00000000003 Super heavyweight
2008 International tournament Heidelberg 451.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 201.0 kg - 250.0 kg - Super heavyweight
2008 Olympic Summer Games * Beijing 461.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 203.0 kg - 258.0 kg - Super heavyweight
2010 European championships Minsk 426.0 kg 3 190.0 kg - 236.0 kg 2 Super heavyweight
2010 World championships Antalya 440.0 kg 000000000000002.00000000002 194.0 kg 000000000000005.00000000005 246.0 kg 000000000000001.00000000001 Super heavyweight
2012 European championships Antalya 424.0 kg 000000000000002.00000000002 190.0 kg 000000000000005.00000000005 234.0 kg 000000000000004.00000000004th Super heavyweight
2012 Olympic Summer Games * London / k. space 192.0 kg - n / A - Super heavyweight

* only the result of a duel is taken into account, therefore no medals are awarded in the individual disciplines
k. Place = no placement achieved, as competition ended prematurely
n. A. = not started
invalid = all three attempts invalid

International championships (duel)

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, KG = body weight)

  • 2000, 9th place, Junior World Championships in Prague , up to 94 kg body weight, with 307.5 kg (137.5 kg tearing / 170 kg pushing), winner: Szymon Kołecki , Poland with 395 kg (170 kg / 225 kg) ;
  • 2000, 8th place, Junior European Championships in Rijeka , up to 94 kg body weight, with 320 kg (142.5 kg / 177.5 kg), winner: Szymon Kolecki with 380 kg (167.5 kg / 212.5 kg) ;
  • 2001, 3rd place, Junior EM in Kalmar , up to 105 kg body weight, with 360 kg (165 kg / 195 kg), behind Marcin Dołęga , Poland, 387.5 kg (182.5 kg / 205 kg) and Sergei Vorotnikov, Ukraine, 367.5 kg (167.5 kg / 200 kg);
  • 2002, 11th place, EM in Antalya , over 105 kg body weight, with 380 kg (172.5 kg / 207.5 kg), winner: Ronny Weller , Germany , with 450 kg (202.5 kg / 247.5 kg ) off Paweł Najdek , Poland, 430 kg (185 kg / 245 kg);
  • 2002, 3rd place, Junior European Championship in Havířov , up to 105 kg body weight, with 380 kg (172.5 kg / 207.5 kg), winner: Marcin Dolega, 415 kg (197.5 kg / 217.5 kg) ;
  • 2002, 12th place, World Championships in Warsaw , up to 105 kg body weight, with 395 kg (180 kg / 215 kg), winner: Denys Hotfrid , Ukraine , 420 kg (190 kg / 230 kg);
  • 2003, 8th place, World Championships in Loutraki , up to 105 kg body weight, with 392.5 kg (180 kg / 212.5 kg), winner: Ihor Rasorjonow , Ukraine, 425 kg (192.5 kg / 232.5 kg) ;
  • 2003, 7th place, World Championships in Vancouver , up to 105 kg, with 402.5 kg (182.5 kg / 220 kg), winner: Said Saif Asaad (Angel Popow), Qatar , 422.5 kg (195 kg / 227.5 kg);
  • 2004, 1st place, EU championships in Budapest , up to 105 kg body weight, with 392.5 kg (177.5 kg / 215 kg), ahead of Konstantin Garibis, Greece, 360 kg (160 kg / 200 kg);
  • 2004, 7th place, EM in Kiev , up to 105 kg, with 405 kg (180 kg / 225 kg), winner: Alan Zagaew , Bulgaria , 420 kg (182.5 kg / 237.5 kg);
  • 2004, 7th place, OS in Athens , up to 105 kg body weight, with 405 kg (182.5 kg / 222.5 kg), winner: Dmitri Berestow , Russia , 425 kg (195 kg / 230 kg);
  • 2005, unpl., EM in Sofia , over 105 kg body weight, after three failed attempts in the snatch with 195 kg, winner: Viktors Ščerbatihs , Latvia with 450 kg (200 kg / 250 kg);
  • 2006, 1st place, National Tournament in Forst , over 105 kg, with 425 kg (192 kg / 233 kg);
  • 2008, 1st place, intern. Tournament in Beijing , over 105 kg, with 423 kg (193 kg / 230 kg), in front of Grzegorz Kleszcz , Poland, 395 kg (175 kg / 220 kg);
  • 2008, 2nd place, EM in Lignano Sabbiadoro , over 105 kg, with 446 kg (200 kg / 246 kg), behind Viktors Ščerbatihs , 447 kg (195 kg / 252 kg) and before Yevgeny Chigishev , Russia, 442 kg (195 kg / 247 kg);
  • 2008, 1st place, Olympic Games in Beijing , over 105 kg, with 461 kg (203 kg / 258 kg), ahead of Yevgeny Tschigischew , Russia, 460 kg (210 kg / 250 kg) and in front of Viktors Ščerbatihs , Lithuania, 448 kg (206 kg / 242 kg)

Austrian Championships (Seniors)

  • 2003, 1st place, with 390 kg (175 kg / 215 kg), over 105 kg body weight,
  • 2004, 1st place, with 400 kg (177.5 kg / 222.5 kg), over 105 kg body weight,
  • 2005, 1st place, with 382.5 kg (172.5 kg / 210 kg), over 105 kg body weight

German Championships (Seniors)

  • 2009, 1st place, with 430 kg (190 kg / 240 kg), over 105 kg body weight
  • 2010, 1st place, with 415 kg (185 kg / 230 kg), over 105 kg body weight

Awards

Fonts

Web links

Commons : Matthias Steiner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. steinertainment.com
  2. No apology - Steiner disappointed, SZ-online, December 4, 2008.
  3. Weightlifting: Steiner hopes for a medal, Kurier.at, August 6, 2012.
  4. "He got gold for our daughter". Superillu.de, August 28, 2008.
  5. ^ Weightlifter fights for his late wife, Die Welt.de, January 3, 2008 (accessed November 29, 2008).
  6. The 150-pound man with the most emotional victory celebration. t-online.de, August 25, 2008, accessed on September 27, 2012.
  7. Olympic champion Steiner drops out after groin surgery, Heilbronner Voice, January 30, 2009.
  8. Matthias Steiner and Julia Rohde cancel WM, BVDG, November 10, 2009.
  9. Strong man, now what? Zeit Online, March 25, 2010.
  10. Chemnitzer AC ( Memento from September 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ^ Olympic champion Matthias Steiner marries TV presenter, Spiegel Online, July 12, 2010.
  12. ^ Olympic champion Matthias Steiner retires, FAZ.net, March 22, 2013, accessed on March 22, 2013.
  13. "Let's Dance Candidates 2015" ( Memento from June 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at RTL.de.
  14. Jump up ↑ Album review: Matthias Steiner with “back beloved” . Nordbzuzz.de, April 13, 2017.
  15. ^ Matthias Steiner. DFL Foundation, accessed on January 24, 2020 .
  16. ^ "Silver Laurel Leaf" - Heroes honored by Beijing, n-tv.de (accessed on November 29, 2008).
  17. ^ Weightlifter of the year 2008: Matthias Steiner ( Memento from December 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Chemnitzer AC
  18. Steiner voted “World Weightlifter of the Year” Der Tagesspiegel, February 12, 2009 (accessed on August 14, 2012).