Martin Zawieja
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Born | Dortmund, Germany | 31 January 1963||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) | ||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||
Club | AC Soest, Soest | ||||||||||
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Martin Zawieja (born 31 January 1963) is a retired West German weightlifter who was active between 1985 and 1992.[1] He competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics in the super heavyweight category and finished in third and ninth place, respectively.[2][3] He finished third in the snatch at the 1991 World Weightlifting Championships and won three national titles in 1984, 1990 and 1991.[4]
After retiring from competitions he studied physical education, graduating in 1995, and later worked as a weightlifting coach. He was the head coach of the national junior (2001–2006) and women's teams (2002–2005).[4]
References[]
- ^ Zawieja Martin (GER). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Martin Zawieja. sports-reference.com
- ^ Martin Zawieja. chidlovski.net
- ^ Jump up to: a b Martin Zawieja. bwg-gewichtheben.com
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- German male weightlifters
- Sportspeople from Dortmund
- Olympic weightlifters of West Germany
- Olympic weightlifters of Germany
- Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- German weightlifting biography stubs