Olympic finals 1988 silver medal | Name Ingo Steinhofel Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born May 29, 1967 (age 57) ( 1967-05-29 ) Olympic medals Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men\'s Middleweight 67.5-75 kg |
Ingo Steinhoefel 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
Ingo Steinhöfel (born 29 May 1967 in Plauen, Saxony, East Germany), is a former German weightlifter who competed at five Olympics from 1988 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the middleweight class at the 1988 Olympics.
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He is, jointly with fellow (East) German Ronny Weller, the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian Imre Földi from 1960 to 1976.
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At the world championships, he came 3rd in the 1987 middleweight class (345.0 kg), 3rd in the 1989 light-heavyweight class (377.5 kg) and 2nd in the 1994 middleweight class (362.5 kg).
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At the European championships, he came 3rd in the 1989 light-heavyweight class (377.5 kg); 2nd in the 1997 middleweight class (350.0 kg).
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