Josef SCHUSTER

German weightlifter Josef Schuster from München finished 14th in the bantamweight class at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. In 1954 he was tenth at the World and second at the European Championships. Shuster enjoyed a long career which started in 1924 and he won 12 (West) German Championships: at flyweight in 1930, and at bantamweight 11 times in 1934-37, 1939-40, 1942, 1948, 1951-52, and 1954.