Andreas Letz
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Andreas Letz (born 5 June 1962 in Sömmerda
, Thuringia
) is a German
weightlifter. He competed in the -56 kg and -60 kg categories, and set two world records in the clean and jerk
, and one in the total.
Competing for the German Democratic Republic
, he ranked fourth in the -56 kg category at the 1980 Summer Olympics
.
Letz ranked overall second at the 1981 World Weightlifting Championships, and ranked third in World Championships three times in 1983, 1985, and 1986.
In European Championships, he ranked overall second in 1980 and 1981, and third in 1983, 1985, and 1986.
Sömmerda
Sömmerda is a town near Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, on the Unstrut river. It is the capital of the district of Sömmerda.-History:Archeological digs in the area that is now Sömmerda, formerly Leubingen, have uncovered prominently buried human remains dating to around 2000 BCE...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
) is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
weightlifter. He competed in the -56 kg and -60 kg categories, and set two world records in the clean and jerk
Clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
, and one in the total.
Competing for the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
, he ranked fourth in the -56 kg category at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by ten events , held between July 20 and July 30 at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, situated alongside the Izmailovo Park .-Medal table:...
.
Letz ranked overall second at the 1981 World Weightlifting Championships, and ranked third in World Championships three times in 1983, 1985, and 1986.
In European Championships, he ranked overall second in 1980 and 1981, and third in 1983, 1985, and 1986.