German weightlifterUpdated on 20 June 2014.

Marc Huster (born 1 July 1970 in Altdöbern) is a German weightlifter and sports commentator.

World Champion in Istanbul 1994, European Champion in Rijeka 1997, Riesa 1998, and Deportivo La Coruña 1999. World records in clean and jerk 1993 (210:kg) and 1996 (213.5:kg), world record in Olympic weightlifting combined 1994 (382.5:kg), European record in clean and jerk 1999 (215:kg).

He ranked 7th at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the 83:kg cl*, and another silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the 85:kg cl*. Huster retired his weightlifting career in 2002.

Since 1997 he comments on weightlifting events for Eurosport, in 2002 he started working for German broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk.

Weightlifting career bests

• Snatch: 177.5:kg 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.
• Clean and jerk: 215.0:kg 1999 European Weightlifting Championships.
• Total: 390.0:kg 2000 Summer Olympics in the cl* to 85: kg.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Marc Huster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Marc Huster at Database Weightlifting
• Official website (in German)