Rudolf Ismayr (14 October 1908 – 9 May 1998) was a German weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the
1932 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles
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and a silver medal at the
1936 Summer Olympics in
Berlin
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, as well as a silver medal at the 1938 World Championships. Between 1931 and 1935 he set five official and six unofficial world records.
Ismayr took the
Olympic Oath
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at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
IOC 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic.org. Retrieved on 2014-08-10. Death unspecified.
References
1908 births
1998 deaths
Sportspeople from Landshut
German male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Germany
Weightlifters at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
World record setters in weightlifting
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Oath takers at the Olympic Games
People associated with physical culture
20th-century German people
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