Manfred Rieger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameManfred•Rieger
Used nameManfred•Rieger
Born25 April 1941 in Zittau, Sachsen (GER)
Measurements184 cm / 106 kg
AffiliationsSG Robur Zittau, Zittau (GER)
NOC East Germany Germany
Nationality East Germany

Biography

Weightlifter Manfred Rieger competed at three consecutive Olympic Summer Games: 1964 as a member of the mixed German team at Tokyo, and then in 1968 and 1972 representing East Germany at Mexico City and München. He finished eleventh and fourth as a heavyweight, and then in the super-heavyweight at München he placed fifth. Rieger won four bronze medals at the Europeans (1966, 1968, 1969, 1970), and won seven East German titles.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1964 Summer Olympics Weightlifting GER GDR Manfred Rieger
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) 11
1968 Summer Olympics Weightlifting GDR Manfred Rieger
Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) 4
1972 Summer Olympics Weightlifting GDR Manfred Rieger
Super-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) 5