Matthias Steiner
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 Austrian /  German
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| Born |
25 August 1982 Vienna, Austria |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 kg (320 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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Austria (2001–2005) Germany (2008–) |
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | +105 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chemnitzer AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Frank Mantek, Michael Vater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthias Steiner (born 25 August 1982 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian-German weightlifter, and Olympic gold medalist.
As a native Austrian, he competed for Austria internationally from 1998 to 2005, in European Championships, World Championships, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2002 to 2005 he was four times Austrian National Champion in the +105 kg category, and holds Austrian records in the −105 kg and +105 kg categories. In 2005, Steiner left the Austrian weightlifting federation, and married a German woman.
Although his wife died in a car accident, he continued his weightlifting career in Germany, eventually received German citizenship in early 2008, won overall silver at the 2008 European Championships, and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Matthias Steiner was born in Vienna, Austria. He hails from Obersulz in Lower Austria, where he attended Volksschule (primary school), then Hauptschule (secondary school). Steiner completed an apprenticeship in plumbing.
He started weightlifting in 1995. His father, Friedrich Steiner, a 20-time IWF-Masters World Weightlifting Champion, also ranks first on the IWF 2008 Hall of Fame Survey of Leading Master Lifters.
Since an untreated infection Steiner suffers from diabetes, diagnosed at his 18th birthday. Before the diagnosis, the first symptom was an intense thirst, then he lost appetite, and 5 kilograms (11 lb) of bodyweight within three months. He went to the doctor when his sight deteriorated.
Despite the diagnosis, he followed his dream to become a weightlifter.
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