About Eduard Weitz
Born 1946. Eduard Weitz is an Israeli weightlifter.
Eduard Weitz (; also "Edward"; born April 16, 1946) is an Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.
Weitz was born in Chernihiv, in the Soviet Union.
Career He competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in Weightlifting—Men's Featherweight. 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. It was then the closest Israel had ever come to winning an Olympic medal. At the time, he was tall, and weighed .
Weitz won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1976 Asian Games, with a combined lift of 260 kg. He was Israel's Sportsman of the Year that year.
In 1998, Weitz was honored as one of the top 50 athletes in Israel's history.
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Who is Eduard Weitz?
Israeli weightlifter
When was Eduard Weitz born?
Eduard Weitz was born on 16 April 1946 in Chernihiv.
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Eduard Weitz is a weightlifter.
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Eduard Weitz is Israeli.
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