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

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and one in the snatch.Josef Manger
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, after which he worked as a salesman. A street in

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, 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 of 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 {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub