Eduard Weitz
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | אדוארד וייץ |
| Born | 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137.
- ^ "Edward WEITZ - Olympic Weightlifting - Israel". 16 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "</head> <body> </body> </HTML> <head> Weitz, Eduard : Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum". Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "The Bakersfield Californian from Bakersfield, California · Page 22".
- ^ a b "Eduward Weitz Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Who's who in Israel and in the work for Israel abroad". Bronfman & Cohen Publications. 1978.
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Israel Sets Sail for Olympic Gold". Special to the JTA. 31 July 1984.