Ronny Weller

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Ronny Weller Weightlifting
Nationality: Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic of Germany since 1990
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Date of birth: July 22, 1969
Place of birth: Oelsnitz / Vogtl.
Size: 183 cm
Medal table
Medals

Ronny Weller (born July 22, 1969 in Oelsnitz / Vogtl. ) Is a former German weightlifter . In the course of his career he won 49 medals in international competitions and set a total of eleven world records . His highest competition weight was 151.84 kg (2004 Olympic Games in Athens).

Career

Beginnings as a weight lifter

With father Günther, sports officer of the NVA , and mother Christine he came to Marxwalde, today's Neuhardenberg , in the mid-1970s . Since Günther Weller worked in the local weightlifting training center of the army sports club , his son Ronny came into contact with this sport at an early age, where he soon attracted attention due to his unusually great talent. He caused a sensation nationwide for the first time in 1983 as the "strongest pioneer " and Spartakiade winner of the GDR. In the same year he came to the children's and youth sports school in Frankfurt (Oder) . In 1987 he became junior world champion in the first heavyweight division and, at the age of 17, broke the 400-kilogram barrier for the first time in an Olympic duel. A year later, Ronny Weller, who had meanwhile risen to the 2nd heavyweight division, won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul , for which he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. In 1989 he won the junior world title for the second time. In addition, he became world champion among seniors in the sub-discipline snatch.

accident

His career suddenly seemed to be over on December 22, 1989: near Frankfurt (Oder), Ronny Weller had an accident on a wet road with his girlfriend at the time in his parents' car when he lost control of the vehicle while overtaking and crashed into a tree. His girlfriend died at the scene of the accident, Weller himself suffered life-threatening injuries and was in a coma for a week with several broken bones .

comeback

Around fifteen months after this trauma, Weller returned to training and was soon able to catch up with the world's best. In 1991 he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Donaueschingen in tearing, pushing and in a duel. A year later at the Olympic Games in Barcelona Ronny Weller celebrated his greatest success when he took first place in the 2nd heavyweight division. For this he was awarded the silver bay leaf on June 23, 1993.

At that time, he and his parents moved from Frankfurt (Oder) to Duisburg on the recommendation of the former Olympic champion Rolf Milser , as the father, who was threatened with unemployment, had the chance of a permanent position in the sports and swimming pool office.

In 1993, Ronny Weller finally won the world title in snatch and in a duel in super heavyweight. At the World Championships in 1995 and 1997, further titles followed in the tear, as well as second and third places in duels and jerks behind his permanent rival Andrei Tschemerkin from Russia . This relegated Ronny Weller to second place at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , Ronny Weller again took second place, this time behind the Iranian Hossein Rezazadeh , who already embodied the next generation. In the years that followed, Weller had to take more and more breaks from competitions due to injuries. Nevertheless, along with Marc Huster , Weller was considered to be the figurehead of German weightlifting, as he was still a guarantor for precious metals on the international stage.

In 2002 Weller was able to win the gold medal at the European Championships in Antalya in pushing as well as in duels. In addition, he took second place in the snatch. In the 2004 European championships, Ronny Weller won three more bronze medals. In the same year he entered the Olympic Games in Athens , where he had a real chance of becoming the first weightlifter ever to win a medal in five Olympic Games. But a torn tendon in his right shoulder, which Weller tore in the second attempt to tear, prevented this success. Immediately afterwards he ended his career. In December 2004, Ronny Weller was retired from competitive sports at the German Championships in Plauen .

Others

Ronny Weller has been married since May 2003 and has a daughter since November 2003. He was a member of the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr , from which he resigned in December 2006, most recently with the rank of sergeant major .

statistics

Competition balance (overview)

year competition place Duel space Tear space Bump space Weight class
1987 Junior European Championships ** Belgrade 1 1 1
1987 Junior World Championships Belgrade 1 1 1
1987 World championships Ostrava 405.0 kg 4th 180.0 kg 5 225.0 kg 3 1. Heavyweight
1988 European championships Cardiff 435.0 kg 3 192.5 kg 3 242.5 kg 3 2. Heavyweight
1988 Olympic Summer Games * Seoul 425.0 kg 3 190.0 kg - 235.0 kg - 2. Heavyweight
1989 Junior World Championships Fort Lauderdale 1 1 1
1989 European Championships ** Athens / k. space 202.5 kg 1 invalid k. space 2. Heavyweight
1989 World championships Athens / k. space 202.5 kg 1 invalid k. space 2. Heavyweight
1991 World championships Donaueschingen 420.0 kg 2 190.0 kg 2 230.0 kg 2 2. Heavyweight
1992 Olympic Summer Games * Barcelona 432.5 kg 1 192.5 kg - 240.0 kg - 2. Heavyweight
1993 European championships Sofia 420.0 kg 2 185.0 kg 3 235.0 kg 2 2. Heavyweight
1993 World championships Melbourne 442.5 kg 1 200.0 kg 1 242.5 kg 3 Super heavyweight
1995 World championships Guangzhou 440.0 kg 2 197.5 kg 1 242.5 kg 3 Super heavyweight
1996 EU championships Chemnitz 420.0 kg 1 187.5 kg 1 232.5 kg 1 Super heavyweight
1996 Olympic Summer Games * Atlanta 455.0 kg 2 200.0 kg - 255.0 kg - Super heavyweight
1997 World championships Chiang Mai 450.0 kg 2 200.0 kg 1 250.0 kg 2 Super heavyweight
1998 EU championships Rum (Tyrol) 455.0 kg 1 200.0 kg 1 255.0 kg 1 Super heavyweight
1998 European championships Riesa 465.0 kg 1 205.5 kg 1 260.0 kg 1 Super heavyweight
1999 European championships La Coruna 437.5 kg 2 200.0 kg 2 237.5 kg 3 Super heavyweight
1999 World championships Athens / k. space invalid k. space 240.0 kg 7th Super heavyweight
2000 European championships Sofia 455.0 kg 2 205.0 kg 1 250.0 kg 2 Super heavyweight
2000 Olympic Summer Games * Sydney 467.5 kg 2 210.0 kg - 257.5 kg - Super heavyweight
2002 European championships Antalya 450.0 kg 1 202.5 kg 2 247.5 kg 1 Super heavyweight
2003 World championships Vancouver / k. space n / A k. space n / A k. space Super heavyweight
2004 European championships Kiev 437.5 kg 3 195.0 kg 3 242.5 kg 3 Super heavyweight
2004 Olympic Summer Games * Athens / k. space 195.0 kg - n / A - Super heavyweight

* .... only the result of a duel is taken into account, therefore no places are allocated in the individual disciplines
** .... took place within the framework of the world championships
k. Place .... no placement achieved as competition ended prematurely
n. A. .... not started
invalid .... all three attempts invalid

Top performances

  • Snatch: 205.0 kg in the class up to 110 kg in 1989 at Fort Lauderdale.
  • Tear: 210.0 kg in the over 105 kg class.
  • Bump: 260.0 kg in the over 105 kg class.
  • Combat: 467.5 kg (210.0 + 257.5) in the class over 105 kg.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4
  2. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V. VISS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games with the silver laurel leaf .. .
  3. ↑ World Records from 1972–1992 http://weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=50 (accessed December 16, 2009).

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personal data
SURNAME Weller, Ronny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Oelsnitz / Vogtl.