Norberto Oberburger (born 1 December 1960 in
Merano
Merano (, , ) or Meran () is a city and ''comune'' in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Generally best known for its spa resorts, it is located within a basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to above sea level, at the entrance to the Passeier ...
) is a retired Italian heavyweight weightlifter who won a gold medal at
Summer Olympics.
Biography
In 1984 he placed second to
Yury Zakharevich
Yury Ivanovich Zakharevich (russian: Юрий Иванович Захаревич, born January 18, 1963) is a former Olympic weightlifter for the Soviet Union. He trained at Dynamo in Dimitrovgrad. Yury competed in the middle-heavyweight (90&n ...
at the European Championships, but won a gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, which were
boycotted by the Soviet Union. Oberburger then won bronze medals at the 1985 world and 1986 European championships, both times behind Zakharevich.
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1960 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Merano
Italian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Italy
Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian people