Eduard Weitz

Eduard Weitz
Personal information
Born (1946-04-16) April 16, 1946
Chernihiv, Soviet Union
Height 5-2.5 (160 cm)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Country  Israel
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class Men's Featherweight

Eduard Weitz (אדוארד וייץ; also "Edward"; born April 16, 1946) is an Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.[1][2][3]

Weitz was born in Chernihiv, in the Soviet Union.[3] He was ranked in the top 5 in the Soviet Union, before he made aliyah (emigrated) to Israel in 1974.[3][4]

Career

He competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in Weightlifting—Men's Featherweight.[3][5] Weitz placed 5th, with a combined lift of 578.7 pounds (262.5 kg; 110.0 kg in the snatch, and 152.5 kg in the clean and jerk), behind the bronze medalist Kazumasa Hirai of Japan's combined lift of 275.0 kg.[3][6][7] It was then the closest Israel had ever come to winning an Olympic medal.[8] At the time, he was 5-2.5 (160 cm) tall, and weighed 130 lbs (59 kg).[5]

Weitz won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1976 Asian Games, with a combined lift of 260 kg.[3] He was Israel's Sportsman of the Year that year.[3]

In 1998, Weitz was honored as one of the top 50 athletes in Israel's history.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Wechsler, Bob (2008). "Day by Day in Jewish Sports History". KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
  2. ↑ "Edward WEITZ - Olympic Weightlifting - Israel". 16 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  4. ↑ "The Bakersfield Californian from Bakersfield, California · Page 22".
  5. 1 2 "Eduward Weitz Bio, Stats, and Results".
  6. ↑ "Who's who in Israel and in the work for Israel abroad". Bronfman & Cohen Publications. 1978.
  7. ↑ "Weightlifting at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight".
  8. ↑ "Israel Sets Sail for Olympic Gold". Special to the JTA. 31 July 1984.
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