Matthias Steiner
Germany has a great new hero in Matthias Steiner. Matthias won the super heavyweight with a 203kg in Snatch and 258kg in Clean and Jerk in a stunning come from behind victory. The favorite, Russia’s Vgeny Chigishev won the Silver with a 460kg total and Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia won bronze with 448kg.
The Austrian native dedicated the victory to his wife Susann, who passed-away in a car accident last year.
Matthias Steiner (Photo Credit: Bild)
Matthias Steiner (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Super Heavyweights on the Podium (Photo credit: Xinhua)
Matthias Steiner (Photo credit: Yang Lei / Xinhua)
Matthias Steiner (Photo credit: Yang Lei/Xinhua)
