Heinz SCHATTNER

Severely wounded in 1943 during World War II, German weightlifter Heinz Schattner from München fully recovered. A footballer (soccer) before he turned to weightlifting, Schattner appeared with his wife and son in a variety show in the years immediately after the War from 1945 to 1949. Having finished third at the 1937 World Weightlifting Championships, he finished fourth in 1951 and 1953 and, in between, was placed fourth in the heavyweight class at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Schattner won three consecutive European Championships 1951-53 and four consecutive West German Championships 1950-53. He later settled in München and became a businessman but surprisingly died after an operation in 1954.