Josef Manger (26 May 1913 – 13 March 1991) was a German heavyweight weightlifter who won a European title in 1935, an Olympic gold medal in 1936, and two world titles in 1937 and 1938. Between 1935 and 1941 he set 11 ratified world records, ten in the press and one in the snatch. His career was cut short by World War II, after which he worked as a salesman. A street in Bamberg, his hometown, was named in his honor.

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1913 births

1991 deaths

People associated with physical culture

Sportspeople from Bamberg

German male weightlifters

Olympic weightlifters for Germany

Weightlifters at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Germany

Olympic medalists in weightlifting

Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics

European Weightlifting Championships medalists

World Weightlifting Championships medalists

20th-century German people

Josef Manger