Achievements He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1984 Olympics, missing the 1980 Games due to their boycott by West Germany, and won the gold medal in the heavyweight I class in 1984. Milser won two world titles (in 1978 and 1984, cobmined with the Olympics) and set two world records in the clean & jerk, in 1976 and 1979. He also won a European title in 1979.