Serge Reding

Serge Yvan Arthur Reding (23 December 1941 – 28 June 1975) was a Belgian heavyweight weightlifter. He competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968. Between 1968 and 1974 he won four silver medals at the world championships and set six ratified world records: three in press, one in snatch and two in clean and jerk.[1][2]

Serge Reding

Personal information
Birth name	Serge Yvan Arthur Gérard
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1941-12-23)23 December 1941 Oudergem, Belgium
Died	28 June 1975(1975-06-28) (aged 33) Manila, Philippines
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	+110 kg
Medal record Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City +90 kg World Championships 1968 Mexico City +90 kg 1969 Warsaw +110 kg 1970 Columbus +110 kg 1974 Manila +110 kg European Championships 1964 Moscow +90 kg 1968 Leningrad +90 kg 1969 Warsaw +110 kg 1974 Verona +110 kg

Reding was born in Oudergem to Adeline Gérard, an unmarried woman, and his father is unknown. When his mother married Ernest Reding from Herbeumont in 1953, Serge was adopted by Reding and took his family name. Reding grew attached to his stepfather and stayed with him after he divorced from his mother.[3][4] He died of a heart attack in Manila, Philippines, a year after competing in the world championships there.