The latest addition to the IronMind® Big Lift Series is Ronny Weller’s 197-kg snatch from the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships in Guangzhou, China.


Germany’s Ronny Weller was a tremendous weightlifter - shown finishing the pull on his 197.5-kg gold medal snatch at the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships.  IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen photo.


1995 . . . It was the year before the Atlanta Olympics and the stage was set for the podium favorites in the super heavyweight class: Andrei Chemerkin (Russia), Ronny Weller (Germany) and Stefan Botev (Bulgaria/Australia).  Ronny Weller won the gold medal in the snatch at the 1995 World Weightlifting with this 197.5-kg snatch.