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{{distinguish|René Weller}}
{{short description|German weightlifter}}
{{expand German|topic=bio|date=July 2021|Ronny Weller}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor    = #96EE11
| nationality    = {{GDR}}<br>{{GER}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|7|22}} 
| birth_place = [[Oelsnitz, Vogtland|Oelsnitz]], [[East Germany]]
| sport          = [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
| event          = +105 kg
| pb             = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 210 kg (2000)|Clean and jerk: 260 kg (1998)|Total: 467.5 kg (2000)}}
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg|110 kg]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg|110 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's +108 kg|+108 kg]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|+105 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1991 World Weightlifting Championships|1991 Donaueschingen]]|110 kg}}
{{MedalGold| [[1993 World Weightlifting Championships|1993 Melbourne]]|+108 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1995 World Weightlifting Championships|1995 Guangzhou]]|+108 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1997 World Weightlifting Championships|1997 Chiang Mai]]|+108 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Weightlifting Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1993 European Weightlifting Championships|1993 Sofia]]|108 kg}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 European Weightlifting Championships|1998 Riesa]]|+105 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1999 European Weightlifting Championships|1999 La Coruña]]|+105 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2000 European Weightlifting Championships|2000 Sofia]]|+105 kg}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 European Weightlifting Championships|2002 Antalya]]|+105 kg}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2004 European Weightlifting Championships|2004 Kyiv]]|+105 kg}}
}}

'''Ronny Weller''' (born 22 July 1969 in [[Oelsnitz, Vogtland|Oelsnitz]], [[Saxony]]) is a German [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] who competed for [[East Germany]] and later for Germany.

During the 1990s, he was three times world champion, and broke world records 11&nbsp;times. He participated in the Olympic Games five times, winning four medals. At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]] he had to retire from the contest due to an injury he suffered during the [[snatch (weightlifting)|snatch]] competition.

He is, jointly with fellow (East) German [[Ingo Steinhöfel]], the second weightlifter to compete at five Olympics. The first was Hungarian [[Imre Földi]] from 1960-76.

==Major results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year
! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight
! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)
! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)
! rowspan=2 width=65 |  Total
! rowspan=2 width=40 |  Rank
|-
! width=65 | 1
! width=65 | 2
! width=65 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
! width=65 | 1
! width=65 | 2
! width=65 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
|-
! colspan=13 | [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
| [[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] || align=left | {{flag icon|KOR}} [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg|110 kg]] || <s>190.0</s> || <s>190.0</s> || '''190.0''' || 3 || <s>230.0</s> || 230.0 || '''235.0''' || 3 ||'''425.0''' || {{bronze3}}
|-
| [[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] || align=left | {{flag icon|ESP}} [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg|110 kg]] || 185.0 || 190.0 || '''192.5''' || 2 || 225.0 || 235.0 || '''240.0''' || 1 || '''432.5''' || {{gold1}}
|-
| [[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] || align=left | {{flag icon|USA}} [[Atlanta]], [[United States]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's +108 kg|+108 kg]] || 195.0 || '''200.0''' || <s>202.5</s> || 2 || 245.0 || 252.5 || '''255.0''' || 2 || '''455.0''' || {{silver2}}
|-
| [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] || align=left | {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] || 200.0 || <s>207.5</s> || '''210.0''' || 2 || 250.0 || '''257.5''' || <s>262.5</s> || 4 || '''467.5''' || {{silver2}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] || '''195.0''' || <s>200.0</s> || <s>202.5</s> || 7 || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|-
! colspan=13 | [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
|[[1987 World Weightlifting Championships|1987]] || align=left| {{flag icon|TCH}} [[Ostrava]], [[Czechoslovakia]] || [[1987 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 100 kg|100 kg]] ||'''180''' ||||||5||'''225''' ||||||{{bronze3}}||'''405''' ||'''4'''
|-
|[[1989 World Weightlifting Championships|1989]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || [[1989 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 110 kg|110 kg]] ||190||197.5||'''202.5''' ||{{gold1}}||<s>230</s>||<s>230</s>||<s>232.5</s>||--||--||--
|-
|[[1991 World Weightlifting Championships|1991]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GER}} [[Donaueschingen]], [[Germany]] || [[1991 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 110 kg|110 kg]] ||182.5||'''190''' ||<s>192.5</s>||{{silver2}}||215||<s>230</s>||'''230''' ||{{silver2}}||'''420''' ||{{silver2}}
|-
|[[1993 World Weightlifting Championships|1993]] || align=left| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] || [[1993 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +108 kg|+108 kg]] ||192.5||197.5||'''200''' ||{{gold1}}||<s>235</s>||235||'''242.5''' ||{{bronze3}}||'''442.5''' ||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[1995 World Weightlifting Championships|1995]] || align=left| {{flag icon|CHN}} [[Guangzhou]], [[China]] || [[1995 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +108 kg|+108 kg]] ||192.5||'''197.5''' ||<s>200</s>||{{gold1}}||227.5||237.5||'''242.5''' ||{{bronze3}}||'''440''' ||{{silver2}}
|-
|[[1997 World Weightlifting Championships|1997]] || align=left| {{flag icon|THA}} [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] || [[1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +108 kg|+108 kg]] ||195||'''200''' ||<s>205.5</s>||{{gold1}}||242.5||'''250''' ||<s>262.5</s>||{{silver2}}||'''450''' ||{{silver2}}
|-
|[[1999 World Weightlifting Championships|1999]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || [[1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||<s>200</s>||<s>200</s>||<s>200</s>||--||232.5||'''240''' ||--||7||--||--
|-
|[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships|2003]] || align=left| {{flag icon|CAN}} [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]] || [[2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg|+105 kg]] ||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--||--
|-
! colspan=13 | [[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]
|-
|}

==Personal records==
* [[Snatch (weightlifting)|Snatch]]: 205&nbsp;kg in 1989 on [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]] in class to 110&nbsp;kg ([[List of junior world records in Olympic weightlifting|junior world record until 1992]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=50|title=World Records from 1972 - 1992|publisher=Weightliftingexchange.com|accessdate=11 August 2009}}</ref>
* Snatch: 210&nbsp;kg (former [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|world record]] in weight class over 105&nbsp;kg)<ref name="IWF07">{{cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/ANNUAL_BOOK_01_98.PDF|title=IWF Annual Book 2007|publisher=www.iwf.net|pages=}}</ref>
* [[Clean and jerk]]: 260.0&nbsp;kg 1998 in [[Riesa]] in class over 105&nbsp;kg ([[List of European records in Olympic weightlifting|European record 1998–2018]])
* Total: 467.5&nbsp;kg (210+257.5) [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in class over 105&nbsp;kg (that was a [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|world record]] in old weight class over 105&nbsp;kg)<ref name="IWF07" />

==See also==
*[[List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IWRP}}
* [http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=297 Ronny Weller at Lift Up]
* [http://weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=346&Itemid=120 Ronny Weller at Weightlifting Exchange]
* [http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=13E6056F32694923839A133390364616 Ronny Weller at Database Weightlifting]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185718/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/ronny-weller-1.html Sports-Reference Profile]

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