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Manfred Wolke

1943 - 2024

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Manfred Wolke (14 January 1943 – 29 May 2024) was a German welterweight boxer. He was a member of the Armeesportsklub Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder. Wolke, representing East Germany, was the Welterweight Olympic gold medalist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. Wolke defeated Joseph Bessala of Cameroon on a 4–1 decision in the final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manfred Wolke is the 155th most popular boxer (up from 168th in 2019), the 5,174th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,415th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Manfred Wolke ranks 155 out of 496. Before him are Abel Laudonio, Horacio Accavallo, Emanuel Steward, Dick Tiger, Naseem Hamed, and James J. Jeffries. After him are Washington Rodríguez, Salvador Sánchez, Claudio Barrientos, Samuel Mosberg, Abdelhak Achik, and Jan Szczepański.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Manfred Wolke ranks 577. Before him are Steven Pressfield, Dan Coats, Florence Ballard, Bill Bradley, Roger Kolo, and Dickey Betts. After him are Jimmy Hart, Gil Gerard, Lajos Szűcs, Mirsad Fazlagić, Nobuko Imai, and Manfred Schnelldorfer. Among people deceased in 2024, Manfred Wolke ranks 415. Before him are Timothy West, Laurent Cantet, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Benji Gregory, Klaus Wunder, and Dickey Betts. After him are Jorge Griffa, John Prescott, Pascal Hervé, Tonči Gabrić, Richard Tandy, and Elke Erb.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Manfred Wolke ranks 5,177 out of 7,253. Before him are Shantel (1968), Hans Pflügler (1960), Herbert Neumann (1953), Heinz Fütterer (1931), Erwin Kremers (1949), and Dietmar Bartsch (1958). After him are Ilia Topuria (1997), Tilly Edinger (1897), Erich Hamann (1944), Stefan Kießling (1984), Hans Liesche (1891), and Christoph Brüx (1965).

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Among BOXERS In Germany

Among boxers born in Germany, Manfred Wolke ranks 5. Before him are Max Schmeling (1905), Edgar Basel (1930), Herbert Runge (1913), and Wolfgang Behrendt (1936). After him are Henry Maske (1964), Sven Ottke (1967), Felix Sturm (1979), Sinan Şamil Sam (1974), Oktay Urkal (1970), Torsten May (1969), and Nadine Apetz (1986).

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