Marc Huster
Marc Huster (2018)
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1970-07-01) July 1, 1970
Altdöbern, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany
Years active1991-2001
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportOlympic weightlifting
Events
  • –82.5 kg (1991-1992)
  • –83 kg (1993-1997)
  • –85 kg (1998-2001)
Club
  • VfL Meißen
  • Chemnitzer AC
  • Riesaer AC
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 177.5 kg (2000)
  • Clean&Jerk: 215.0 kg (1994)
  • Total: 390.0 (2000)
Medal record
Weightlifting
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta–83 kg
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney–85 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 Istanbul–83 kg
Silver medal – second place1993 Melbourne–83 kg
Silver medal – second place1995 Guangzhou–83 kg
Silver medal – second place1998 Lahti–85 kg
Bronze medal – third place1999 Athens–85 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 Rijeka–83 kg
Gold medal – first place1998 Riesa–85 kg
Gold medal – first place1999 La Coruña–85 kg
Updated on 20 June 2014.

Marc Huster (born 1 July 1970 in Altdöbern) 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

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marc Huster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  • Marc Huster at Database Weightlifting
  • Official website (in German)
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