Ondrej Hekel

Ondrej Hekel
Personal information
Born (1944-02-16)16 February 1944
Brashlyanitza, Bulgaria
Died 23 July 2009(2009-07-23) (aged 65)
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sport
Country  Czechoslovakia
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class 67.5 kg
Club ŽD Bohumín, Bohumín (CZE)
Team National team
Updated on 12 November 2016.

Ondrej Hekel (16 February 1944 23 July 2009) was a Czechoslovak male weightlifter, who competed in the 67.5 kg category and represented Czechoslovakia at international competitions.

During his career, Ondrej Hekel was Czechoslovakia's best weightlifter. For 12 years in a row, he won a national title (first in the lightweight, later middleweight), and he was named Czechoslovakian lifter of the year on three occasions. Internationally, his only overall medal came at the 1971 European Championships, where he placed third. In 1972, he was close to the medals at the Olympics (doubling as the World Championships), placing 4th. But Hekel collected event medals in the snatch, winning twice at the Europeans and once at the World Championships (1971). He won the silver medal in the snatch at the 1969 World Weightlifting Championships lifting 130.0 kg.[1]

References

  1. "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Ondrej Hekel" (PDF). iwf.net. p. 102-125. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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