Norberto Oberburger
Italian weightlifter (born 1960)
![]() Oberburger at the 1984 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 1 December 1960 (1960-12) (age 63) Merano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 112 kg (247 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Atletic Club Merano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Norberto Oberburger (born 1 December 1960) is a retired Italian heavyweight weightlifter who won a gold medal at Summer Olympics.
Biography
In 1984 he placed second to Yury Zakharevich at the European Championships, but won a gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, which were boycotted by the Soviet Union. Oberburger then won bronze medals at the 1985 world and 1986 European championships, both times behind Zakharevich.[1][2]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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1980 | Olympic Games | ![]() | 10th | Men's 90 kg | 315.0 kg | |
1984 | Olympic Games | ![]() | 1st | Men's 110 kg | 390.0 kg | |
1988 | Olympic Games | ![]() | 6th | Men's 110 kg | 415.0 kg | |
1992 | Olympic Games | ![]() | 10th | Men's 110 kg | 375.0 kg |
References
External links
- Norberto Oberburger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Norberto Oberburger at Olympedia
- Norberto Oberburger at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
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- 1920:
Filippo Bottino (ITA)
- 1924:
Giuseppe Tonani (ITA)
- 1928:
Josef Straßberger (GER)
- 1932:
Jaroslav Skobla (TCH)
- 1936:
Josef Manger (GER)
- 1948:
John Davis (USA)
- 1952:
John Davis (USA)
- 1956:
Paul Anderson (USA)
- 1960:
Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1964:
Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1968:
Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1972:
Jaan Talts (URS)
- 1976:
Yury Zaitsev (URS)
- 1980:
Leonid Taranenko (URS)
- 1984:
Norberto Oberburger (ITA)
- 1988:
Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1992:
Ronny Weller (GER)
- 1996:
Timur Taymazov (UKR)
- 2000:
Hossein Tavakkoli (IRI)
- 2004:
Dmitry Berestov (RUS)
- 2008:
Andrei Aramnau (BLR)
- 2012:
Navab Nassirshalal (IRI)
- 2016:
Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB)
- 2020:
Akbar Djuraev (UZB)
- 2024:
Liu Huanhua (CHN)
- +82.5 kg (1920–1948)
- +90 kg (1952–1968)
- 110 kg (1972–1992)
- 108 kg (1996)
- 105 kg (2000–2016)
- 109 kg (2020)
- +102 kg (2024–)