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May 1, 2020 · He had his wife Susann for company: in the form of a photograph, as she had died in the months leading up to the Summer Games. The 105+ kg category is the heaviest at the Games and the winner is...
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Aug 10, 2024 · Alex Brotherton. A weightlifter won gold at the Olympic Games after he made a promise to his late wife who tragically passed away months earlier. There are often plenty of factors that motivate...
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Steiner dedicates emotional weightlifting gold to late wife. Before his wife's death, Matthias Steiner promised her that he would win an Olympic gold medal, driving him to an emotional win in Beijing.
Dec 3, 2008 · A court in Heidelberg has found a 57-year-old man guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of Susann Steiner -- the wife of a German Olympic gold-medal-winning weightlifter....
Jul 16, 2021 · Germany's Matthias Steiner clinches gold in the men's +105kg weightlifting category with a total lift of 461kg a year after almost quitting the sport after the death of his wife Susann.
Jul 26, 2024 · Matthias Steiner of Germany promised his dying wife he'd win Olympic gold. In an emotional weightlifting final at Beijing 2008, he did just that.
Watch how the Olympic weightlifter won a gold medal at 2008 Beijing Games months after his wife died, and see how he inspires a new generation.
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