Marc Huster (born 1 July 1970 in

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) is a German

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

and

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. World Champion in

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1994, European Champion in

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1997,

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1998, and

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1999. World records in

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

1993 (210 kg) and 1996 (213.5 kg), world record in Olympic weightlifting combined 1994 (382.5 kg), European record in

1999 (215 kg). He ranked 7th at the

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, won a silver medal at the

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in the 83 kg class, and another silver medal at the

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in the 85 kg class. Huster retired his weightlifting career in 2002. Since 1997 he comments on weightlifting events for

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, in 2002 he started working for German broadcaster

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Weightlifting career bests

* Snatch: 177.5 kg 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. *

Clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

: 215.0 kg 1999 European Weightlifting Championships. * Total: 390.0 kg

in the class to 85 kg.

External links

*
Marc Huster at Database Weightlifting
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huster, Marc 1970 births Living people People from Altdöbern People from Bezirk Cottbus German male weightlifters Sportspeople from Brandenburg Olympic weightlifters for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sports commentators Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists East German male weightlifters