Ingo Steinhöfel

Ingo Steinhöfel

Steinhöfel in 1989
Personal information
Born	(1967-05-29) 29 May 1967 Plauen, East Germany
Sport
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1988 silver medal
Medal record Ingo Steinhöfel Medal record Men's Olympic weightlifting Olympic Games 1988 Seoul -75 kg

Ingo Steinhöfel (born 29 May 1967 in Plauen, Saxony, East Germany), is a former German weightlifter who competed at five Olympics from 1988 to 2004. He won a silver medal in the middleweight class at the 1988 Olympics.

He is, jointly with fellow (East) German Ronny Weller, the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian Imre Földi from 1960 to 1976.

At the world championships, he came 3rd in the 1987 middleweight class (345.0 kg), 3rd in the 1989 light-heavyweight class (377.5 kg) and 2nd in the 1994 middleweight class (362.5 kg).

At the European championships, he came 3rd in the 1989 light-heavyweight class (377.5 kg); 2nd in the 1997 middleweight class (350.0 kg).

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

• "Steinhöfel Ingo (SAS)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• "Ingo Steinhöfel". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.