Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:48 pmby Squawk
The male German weightlifter who, with the last lift of the weightlifting competition, beat his personal best by 10kg to win gold. Apparently, his wife recently dies and he was overcome with emotion (as was his support team). I saw on the dais that he had a picture of his wife with him as he received his medal. I haven't heard anything more but would be interested if anyone else knows more, or has seen a link anywhere (in english, not German!) that tells this man's story.
Re: Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:16 pmby JAS
Squawkie this is a link to his bio on Wiki...mentions his wifes accident and has a some links that might be of use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_SteinerRegards
JAS
Re: Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:45 pmby godoubleblues
cheers for that, interesting to note that he hails from Austria and moved to Germany after having differences with his team mates
Re: Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:27 pmby Squawk
Thanks Jas - I didn't know his name. Here's a couple of other links - the first about him, the second about him and a few other stories of adversity and triumph.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24218382-5016817,00.htmlhttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/22/content_9605395.htm
Re: Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:28 pmby Mr66
godoubleblues wrote:cheers for that, interesting to note that he hails from Austria and moved to Germany
Yikes!!!
Where have we heard this story before?
Re: Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:47 pmby JAS
Mr66 wrote:godoubleblues wrote:cheers for that, interesting to note that he hails from Austria and moved to Germany
Yikes!!!
Where have we heard this story before?
Considering what Steiner did and who he did it for....
DON'T YOU DARE
Regards
JAS
Re: Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:45 pmby Adelaide Hawk
Mr66 wrote:godoubleblues wrote:cheers for that, interesting to note that he hails from Austria and moved to Germany
Yikes!!!
Where have we heard this story before?
You talking about a man with a funny little moustache?
Re: Does anyone know the story of
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:53 pmby godoubleblues
Adelaide Hawk wrote:Mr66 wrote:godoubleblues wrote:cheers for that, interesting to note that he hails from Austria and moved to Germany
Yikes!!!
Where have we heard this story before?
You talking about a man with a funny little moustache?
lets hope he sticks to weightlifting and not world domination
