Josef Steinbach
Personal information | |
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Born | 21 March 1879 Horschau, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 15 January 1937 (aged 57) Vienna, Austria |
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 114 kg (251 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Club | I. Erdberger Athleten-Klub, Viena |
Josef Steinbach (21 March 1879 – 15 January 1937) was an Austrian weightlifter. He was born in Bohemia and in 1894 moved to Vienna, where he began competing in weightlifting in 1898. He won three world titles in 1904–1905 and two medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games: a gold in one-hand and a silver in two-hand lift. After the Games he became professional wrestler and exhibition weightlifter. In 1910 he repeatedly challenged Arthur Saxon for the world professional weightlifting title, but to no avail.[1][2]
Steinbach set several world records. In particular, his one-hand lift of 106 kg remained unbeaten until the 1930s. In 1924 he appeared in the silent film The City Without Jews.[2]
Steinbach died in 1937 and was survived by son Leopold. The same year a large granite monument was built in his honor, sponsored by a group of Austrian and German weightlifters and wrestlers.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Josef Steinbach. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c G. Spitaler: "Steinbach Josef d. Ä." In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950, Vol. 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Viena 1957–2005, pp. 160–161 [1] [2].
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- 1891: Edward Lawrence Levy (GBR)
- 1898: Wilhelm Türk (AUT)
- 1899: Sergey Yeliseyev (RUS)
- 1903: François Lancoud (SUI)
- 1904: Josef Steinbach (AUT)
- 1905 (I): Josef Steinbach (AUT)
- 1905 (II): Josef Steinbach (AUT)
- 1905 (III): Émile Schweitzer (FRA)
- 1906: Heinrich Schneidereit (GER)
- 1907: Heinrich Rondi (GER)
- 1908: Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1909: Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1910 (I): Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1910 (II): Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1911 (I): Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1911 (II): Karl Swoboda (AUT)
- 1911 (III): Berthold Tandler (AUT)
- 1911 (IV): Karl Swoboda (AUT)
- 1913: Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1920: Karl Mörke (GER)
- 1922: Harald Tammer (EST)
- 1923: Franz Aigner (AUT)
- 1937: Josef Manger (GER)
- 1938: Josef Manger (GER)
- 1946: John Davis (USA)
- 1947: John Davis (USA)
- 1949: John Davis (USA)
- 1950: John Davis (USA)
- 1951: John Davis (USA)
- 1953: Doug Hepburn (CAN)
- 1954: Norbert Schemansky (USA)
- 1955: Paul Anderson (USA)
- 1957: Aleksey Medvedev (URS)
- 1958: Aleksey Medvedev (URS)
- 1959: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1961: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1962: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1963: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1964: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1965: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1966: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1969: Bob Bednarski (USA)
- 1970: Jaan Talts (URS)
- 1971: Yury Kozin (URS)
- 1972: Jaan Talts (URS)
- 1973: Pavel Pervushin (URS)
- 1974: Valery Ustyuzhin (URS)
- 1975: Valentin Hristov (BUL)
- 1976: Yury Zaitsev (URS)
- 1977: Valentin Hristov (BUL)
- 1978: Yury Zaitsev (URS)
- 1979: Sergey Arakelov (URS)
- 1980: Leonid Taranenko (URS)
- 1981: Valery Kravchuk (URS)
- 1982: Sergey Arakelov (URS)
- 1983: Vyacheslav Klokov (URS)
- 1984: Norberto Oberburger (ITA)
- 1985: Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1986: Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1987: Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1989: Stefan Botev (BUL)
- 1990: Stefan Botev (BUL)
- 1991: Artur Akoyev (URS)
- 1993: Timur Taymazov (UKR)
- 1994: Timur Taymazov (UKR)
- 1995: Ihor Razoronov (UKR)
- 1997: Cui Wenhua (CHN)
- 1998: Ihor Razoronov (UKR)
- 1999: Denys Hotfrid (UKR)
- 2001: Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS)
- 2002: Denys Hotfrid (UKR)
- 2003: Said Saif Asaad (QAT)
- 2005: Dmitry Klokov (RUS)
- 2006: Marcin Dołęga (POL)
- 2007: Andrei Aramnau (BLR)
- 2009: Marcin Dołęga (POL)
- 2010: Marcin Dołęga (POL)
- 2011: Khadzhimurat Akkaev (RUS)
- 2013: Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB)
- 2014: Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)
- 2015: Alexandr Zaichikov (KAZ)
- 2017: Ali Hashemi (IRI)
- 2018: Simon Martirosyan (ARM)
- 2019: Simon Martirosyan (ARM)
- 2021: Akbar Djuraev (UZB)
- 2022: Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB)
- 2023: Akbar Djuraev (UZB)
- Open (1891–1904)
- +80 kg (1905–1913)
- +82.5 kg (1920–1950)
- +90 kg (1951–1968)
- 110 kg (1969–1991)
- 108 kg (1993–1997)
- 105 kg (1998–2017)
- 109 kg (2018–)