Ronny Weller

Ronny Weller 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 Olympics in Athens he had to retire from the contest due to an injury he suffered during the snatch competition.
He is, jointly with fellow German Ingo Steinhöfel, the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian Imre Földi from 1960-76.

Personal records

Snatch: 205 kg in 1989 on Fort [Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale] in class to 110 kg.
Snatch: 210 kg
Clean and jerk: 260.0 kg 1998 in Riesa in class over 105 kg
Total: 467.5 kg 2000 Summer Olympics in class over 105 kg