Lothar Knörzer (born 4 August 1933, in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

) is a

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athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the

United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes f ...

in the

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held in

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in the 4 x 100-metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates

Leonhard Pohl Leonhard "Leo" Pohl (18 July 1929 – 23 April 2014) was a German athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was born in Allenstein (today Olsztyn, Poland) and died in Pfungstadt, Germany. He competed for the United Team of Germany in ...

Heinz Fütterer Heinrich Ludwig Fütterer (; 14 October 1931 – 10 February 2019) was a German athlete, who mainly competed in sprint events. Early life He was born in Illingen. Fütterer competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Su ...

and

Manfred Germar Manfred ("Manni") Germar (; born 10 March 1935 in Cologne) is a West German athlete who mainly competed in sprint events. He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he wo ...

References

1933 births Living people German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Karlsruhe Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub