!!!Gewichtheben Weightlifting established itself as a modern competitive sport in the late 1870s; currently it comprises the disciplines snatch, jerk and total Contestants are divided into body-weight categories. Since 1987/88 women have also participated in weightlifting in Austria. Austrian weightlifters have been highly successful, particularly before World War I (4 Olympic champions, 32 world champions, 27 European champions).The Austrian Weightlifting Association (OeGV), which was founded in 1890, comprises 65 clubs with 5,128 members. (1993). !Publications Gewichtheben, 1954ff. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Gewichtheben|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]