Jürgen Spieß Explained

Birth Date:26 March 1984
Height:1.75 m
Weight:105 kg
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:105 kg

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SPIESS Jurgen. International Weightlifting Federation. 2019-10-17. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509120946/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/athletes_newbw/?athlete=spiess-jurgen-christian-1984-03-26&id=294. live.
  2. News: Drei EM-Medaillen: Starker Stemmer Spieß. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2009-04-11. 2009-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304102710/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/250389/810/2840949/Starker-Stemmer-Spiess.html. 2012-03-04. live.
  3. News: Gewichtheber Spieß überrascht bei EM: Zweimal Gold. Financial Times Deutschland. German. 2009-04-10. 2009-04-11.
  4. Jürgen Spieß . 2015-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801074606/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/jurgen-spiess-1.html . 2015-08-01 . dead .
  5. Web site: Jurgen SPIESS. Olympic Channel. 2020-03-02. 2020-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20200217172347/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/athletes/detail/jurgen-spiess/. live.

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