Heinrich Schneidereit
Heinrich Schneidereit in 1912
Personal information
Born23 December 1884
Cologne, Germany
Died30 September 1915 (aged 30)
Thionville, France
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubKölner Athleten-Club 1882
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's tug of war
Intercalated Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1906 AthensTug of war
Men's weightlifting
Intercalated Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1906 AthensOne hand lift
Bronze medal – third place 1906 AthensTwo hand lift
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1903 Paris +80 kg
Gold medal – first place 1906 Lille +80 kg
Silver medal – second place 1907 Frankfurt +80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1911 Stuttgart +80 kg

Heinrich Schneidereit (23 December 1884 – 30 September 1915) was a German heavyweight weightlifter who competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games. He won a gold medal in the tug of war and bronze medals in the one hand lift and two hand lift.[1]

Schneidereit joined a weightlifting club when he was aged 16, but owing to his athletic background soon became one of the best German competitors and won four medals at the world weightlifting championships of 1903–1911. In 1914, he won his last competition and was studying business administration. The following year, he was killed in France during World War I.[2][3]

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  1. ↑ Heinrich Schneidereit Archived 1 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Heinrich Schneidereit. unequipped-benchpress.de
  3. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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