Jürgen Heuser (born 13 March 1953 in Barth,

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) is a German

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. In 1978, participating for the

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, he won the World Championship in

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. At the

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he won a silver medal in the +110 kg class.Whitney, Craig. (31 July 1980)

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Alekseyev loses his lift title.
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* 1953 births Living people People from Barth, Germany German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for East Germany East German male weightlifters Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Germany-weightlifting-bio-stub