Josef Straßberger

Olympic medal record
Competitor for 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 1924: Giuseppe Tonani 1928: Josef Straßberger 1932: Jaroslav Skobla 1936: Josef Manger 1948+1952: John Davis 1956: Paul Anderson 1960: Yury Vlasov 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky 1972: Jaan Talts 1976: Yury Zaitsev 1980: Leonid Taranenko 1984: Norberto Oberburger 1988: Yury Zakharevich 1992: Ronny Weller 1996: Tymur Taymazov 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli 2004: Dmitry Berestov 2008: Andrei Aramnau 2012: Oleksiy Torokhtiy

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