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About Ondrej Hekel
- Ondrej Hekel (16 February 1944 – 23 July 2009) was a Czechoslovak male weightlifter, who competed in the 67.5 kg category and represented Czechoslovakia at international competitions. During his career, Ondrej Hekel was Czechoslovakia's best weightlifter.
- For 12 years in a row, he won a national title (first in the lightweight, later middleweight), and he was named Czechoslovakian lifter of the year on three occasions.
- Internationally, his only overall medal came at the 1971 European Championships, where he placed third.
- In 1972, he was close to the medals at the Olympics (doubling as the World Championships), placing 4th.
- But Hekel collected event medals in the snatch, winning twice at the Europeans and once at the World Championships (1971).
- He won the silver medal in the snatch at the 1969 World Weightlifting Championships lifting 130.0 kg.
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