Josef Straßberger

Olympic medal record
Representing Germany
Men's weightlifting
	1928 Amsterdam	+82.5 kg
	1932 Los Angeles	+82.5 kg

Josef Straßberger (August 20, 1894 – October 10, 1950) was a German weightlifter who competed in two Olympic games in 1928 and 1932. He won the gold medal in the heavyweight division in Amsterdam and the bronze medal in the same division in Los Angeles.^[1]

He was born in Kolbermoor, Bavaria and died in Munich.

References

↑ databaseOlympics profile for Josef Straßberger

External links

Josef Strassberger on Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century

Olympic champions in weightlifting – Heavyweight

1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg

1920: Filippo Bottino (ITA) 1924: Giuseppe Tonani (ITA) 1928: Josef Straßberger (GER) 1932: Jaroslav Skobla (TCH) 1936: Josef Manger (GER) 1948+1952: John Davis (USA) 1956: Paul Anderson (USA) 1960: Yury Vlasov (URS) 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS) 1972: Jaan Talts (URS) 1976: Yury Zaitsev (URS) 1980: Leonid Taranenko (URS) 1984: Norberto Oberburger (ITA) 1988: Yury Zakharevich (URS) 1992: Ronny Weller (GER) 1996: Timur Taymazov (UKR) 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli (IRI) 2004: Dmitry Berestov (RUS) 2008: Andrei Aramnau (BLR) 2012: Oleksiy Torokhtiy (UKR) 2016: Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB)

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