Simon Josef Brandhuber (born 27 June 1991) 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 ...

. He is a two-time silver medalist at the

European Weightlifting Championships European Weightlifting Championships is an annual event organised by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF). It has been held since 1896. A separate event for women was held from 1988 to 1997, after which both championships have been held ...

. At the

2019 European Weightlifting Championships The 2019 European Weightlifting Championships was held in Batumi, Georgia from 6 to 13 April 2019. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Cl ...

held in Batumi, Georgia, he won the silver medal in the men's 67kg event. In 2020, Brandhuber won the silver medal in the men's 67kg event at the

Roma 2020 World Cup The Roma 2020 World Cup in weightlifting was held in Rome, Italy from 27 to 31 January 2020. It was also a qualification event for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Medal overview Men Women References {{reflist External linksResults

in Rome, Italy. He competed in the men's 61kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. Brandhuber won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event at the

2022 European Weightlifting Championships The 2022 European Weightlifting Championships are scheduled to be held in Tirana, Albania, from 28 May to 5 June 2022. The event was initially scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, but this changed after a leadership dispute. Medal overview ...

held in Tirana, Albania.

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* Living people 1991 births Place of birth missing (living people) German male weightlifters European Weightlifting Championships medalists Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Germany 21st-century German people People from Deggendorf People from Straubing-Bogen Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria {{Germany-weightlifting-bio-stub