Joachim Kunz
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| Born | 9 February 1959 (age 62) Stollberg, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||
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Joachim Kunz (born 9 February 1959) is a German weightlifter who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stollberg.
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he won a silver medal in the 67.5 kg (149 lb) class. He won gold at the 1981 and 1983 World Championships.[1] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul he won a gold medal in the 67.5 kg (149 lb) class.
As of 2008, Kunz is head of German instant soup manufacturer Suppina.[1][2]
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References[]
- ^ a b "Joachim Kunz: Kraftpaket am Suppentopf" (in German). Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Suppina Impressum". Suppina. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joachim Kunz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009.
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Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Stollberg
- German male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in weightlifting
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
- People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
- Sportspeople from Saxony