- Marc Huster
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Marc Huster Personal information Born July 1, 1970 Medal recordMen's Weightlifting Competitor for 
GermanyOlympic Games Silver 1996 Atlanta – 83 kg Silver 2000 Sydney – 85 kg World Championships Silver 1998 Lahti – 85 kg Bronze 1999 Athens – 85 kg European Championships Gold 1997 Rijeka – 83 kg Gold 1998 Riesa – 85 kg Gold 1999 La Coruña – 85 kg Marc Huster (born July 1, 1970 in Altdöbern, Brandenburg) is a German weightlifter and sports commentator.
World Champion in Istanbul 1994, European Champion in Rijeka 1997, Riesa 1998, and Deportivo La Coruña 1999. World records in clean and jerk 1993 (210 kg) and 1996 (213.5 kg), world record in Olympic weightlifting combined 1994 (382.5 kg), European record in clean and jerk 1999 (215 kg).
He ranked 7th at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the 83 kg class, and another silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the 85 kg class. Huster retired his weightlifting career in 2002.
Since 1997 he comments on weightlifting events for Eurosport, in 2002 he started working for German broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk.
Weightlifting career bests
- Snatch: 177.5 kg 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Clean and jerk: 215.0 kg 1999 European Weightlifting Championships.
- Total: 390.0 kg 2000 Summer Olympics in the class to 85 kg.
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Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Oberspreewald-Lausitz
- German weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of 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
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