1. Robert Fein was an Austrian Olympic Champion weightlifter, winning the gold medal in the lightweight class at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
10 Facts About Robert Fein
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Robert Fein broke world weightlifting records 23 times in total, from 1931 to 1937, when his weightlifting career was abruptly ended by the Austrian authorities.
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At the 1929 European weightlifting championships in Vienna, Robert Fein won the gold medal.
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At the 1934 European weightlifting championships in Genoa Robert Fein again won a gold medal, which he shared with 1932 Olympic champion Rene Duverger.
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Robert Fein won the gold medal in the lightweight class with a world record lift of 342.5 kilograms, with splits of 105+100+137.5, sharing the win with Anwar Mesbah, with whom his match had ended in a tie.
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Robert Fein became one of only thirteen Jewish Olympians to medal in the games which were held during Adolph Hitler's Nazi government, and following the imposition of the anti-Semitic Nuremberg laws.
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Robert Fein won a silver medal behind Tony Terlazzo, lifting 355 kilograms, 2.5 kilograms behind Terlazzo.
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In 1937, Robert Fein set a world record of 360 kilograms, his last world record before the Austrians banned him from competing.
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In 1937 Robert Fein was decorated with the Gold Medal for Service to the Republic of Austria.
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Robert Fein died at 67 years of age in Vienna, Austria, after a long illness.