Rudolf Ismayr (14 October 1908 – 9 May 1998) was a German weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in

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and a silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in

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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

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at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.IOC 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic.org. Retrieved on 2014-08-10. Death unspecified.

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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 {{Germany-weightlifting-bio-stub