Bram Charité (1917-1991) is the last Dutch weightlifter to win an Olympic medal. At the 1948 Olympics, he broke his own national records in all three phases, and earned a bronze medal. As this competition doubled as the European Championships, and he only had two Americans in front of him, he also received a gold medal. Charité, who ate three steaks a day to keep strong, was unsuccessful in his second Olympic appearance, and had two withdraw after two attempts in the press because of back pains.