Jürgen Spieß

Jürgen Spieß
	Spieß at the 2008 Olympics
Personal information
Born	March 26, 1984 (age 37)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	105 kg
Medal record
European Championships

Jürgen Spieß (also spelled Spiess, born March 26, 1984 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German weightlifter competing in the 94 kg category.

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics finishing 9th with a total of 384 kg.^[1]

At the 2009 European Championships he won overall gold in the 94 kg category, with a total of 390 kg.^[2]^[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, having moved up to heavyweight (105 kg), he finished 9th in that category also.^[4] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finished 10th in the heavyweight category.^[5]

References[]

^ "SPIESS Jurgen". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
^ "Drei EM-Medaillen: Starker Stemmer Spieß". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2009-04-11. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
^ "Gewichtheber Spieß überrascht bei EM: Zweimal Gold" (in German). Financial Times Deutschland. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-11.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jürgen Spieß". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
^ "Jurgen SPIESS". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-03-02.

External links[]

Jurgen Christian Spiess at the International Weightlifting Federation
Jurgen Spiess at the International Olympic Committee
Jurgen Spiess at Olympics.com
Jurgen Spiess at Beijing2008.cn at the Wayback Machine (archived September 3, 2008)
Jürgen Spieß at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)

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[IWF_results-1] "SPIESS Jurgen". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2019-10-17.

[2] "Drei EM-Medaillen: Starker Stemmer Spieß". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2009-04-11. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-11.

[3] "Gewichtheber Spieß überrascht bei EM: Zweimal Gold" (in German). Financial Times Deutschland. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-04-11.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jürgen Spieß". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

[5] "Jurgen SPIESS". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-03-02.

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