Josef Steinbach

Josef Steinbach (21 March 1879 to 15 January 1937) was an Austrian weightlifter, born in Bohemia, who moved to Vienna in 1894 and began competing in weightlifting in 1898. He won three world titles in 1904 and 1905 and, at the 1906 Intercalated Games, took gold in the one-hand lift and silver in the two-hand lift; he also took part in Austria's tug of war team there, which finished fourth. Afterwards he became a professional wrestler and exhibition weightlifter, and in 1910 he repeatedly challenged Arthur Saxon for the world professional weightlifting title without success. He set several world records, and his one-hand lift of 106 kg stood until the 1930s. He appeared in the 1924 silent film The City Without Jews, and after his death a large granite monument was built in his honour by Austrian and German weightlifters and wrestlers.