Weightlifter Werner Dittrich won a silver medal at the 1965 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1966 World Championships. At the Europeans he added silver in 1965 and bronzes in 1964, 1966, and 1968, all as a middleweight. Dittrich also participated in four consecutive Olympic Games, in 1960 and 1964 with the mixed German team, while in 1968 and 1972 for East Germany. In 1968 he placed sixth and in 1960 seventh as his best results. Dittrich won 11 East German titles and was a trained fitter. He was born in Poland and settled with his parents in Zittau only in 1957.
