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| Nationality |  East Germany Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-07-22) July 22, 1969 (age 54) Oelsnitz, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +105 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ronny Weller (born 22 July 1969 in Oelsnitz, Saxony) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany and later for Germany.
During the 1990s, he was three times world champion, and broke world records 11 times. He participated in the Olympic Games five times, winning four medals. At the 2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens he had to retire from the contest due to an injury he suffered during the snatch competition.
He is, jointly with fellow (East) German Ingo Steinhöfel, the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian Imre Földi from 1960-76.
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea |
110 kg | 190.0 | 3 | 230.0 | 235.0 | 3 | 425.0 | 
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| 1992 |  Barcelona, Spain |
110 kg | 185.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 2 | 225.0 | 235.0 | 240.0 | 1 | 432.5 | 
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| 1996 |  Atlanta, United States |
+108 kg | 195.0 | 200.0 | 2 | 245.0 | 252.5 | 255.0 | 2 | 455.0 | 
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| 2000 |  Sydney, Australia |
+105 kg | 200.0 | 210.0 | 2 | 250.0 | 257.5 | 4 | 467.5 |
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| 2004 |  Athens, Greece |
+105 kg | 195.0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1987 |  Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
100 kg | 180 | 5 | 225 | |
405 | 4 | ||||
| 1989 | Athens, Greece |
110 kg | 190 | 197.5 | 202.5 | |
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| 1991 | Donaueschingen, Germany |
110 kg | 182.5 | 190 | |
215 | 230 | |
420 |
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| 1993 | Melbourne, Australia |
+110 kg | 192.5 | 197.5 | 200 | |
235 | 242.5 | |
442.5 |
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| 1995 |  Guangzhou, China |
+108 kg | 192.5 | 197.5 | |
227.5 | 237.5 | 242.5 | |
440 |
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| 1997 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
+108 kg | 195 | 200 | |
242.5 | 250 | |
450 |
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| 1999 | Athens, Greece |
+105 kg | -- | 232.5 | 240 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | |||
| 2003 |  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
+105 kg | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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 Josef Straßberger (GER) Jaroslav Skobla (TCH) Josef Manger (GER) John Davis (USA) John Davis (USA) Paul Anderson (USA) Yury Vlasov (URS) Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) Jaan Talts (URS) Yury Zaitsev (URS) Leonid Taranenko (URS) Norberto Oberburger (ITA) Yury Zakharevich (URS) Ronny Weller (GER) Timur Taymazov (UKR) Hossein Tavakkoli (IRI) Dmitry Berestov (RUS) Andrei Aramnau (BLR) Navab Nassirshalal (IRI) Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) Akbar Djuraev (UZB) | |
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