Josef Manger

Medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold 1936 Berlin +82.5 kg
World Championships
Gold 1937 Paris +82.5 kg
Gold 1938 Vienna +82.5 kg

Josef Manger (26 May 1913, Bamberg - 13 March 1991) is a German weightlifter.

He won a gold medal in the heavyweight class at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Josef Manger". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/josef-manger-1.html. Retrieved 19 January 2009. 
1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg
1920: Filippo Bottino • 1924: Giuseppe Tonani • 1928: Josef Straßberger • 1932: Jaroslav Skobla • 1936: Josef Manger • 1948+1952: John Davis • 1956: Paul Anderson • 1960: Yury Vlasov • 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky • 1972: Jaan Talts • 1976: Yury Zaitsev • 1980: Leonid Taranenko • 1984: Norberto Oberburger • 1988: Yury Zakharevich • 1992: Ronny Weller • 1996: Timur Taymazov • 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli • 2004: Dmitry Berestov • 2008: Andrei Aramnau