Lothar Metz (

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, 16 January 1939 – Germany, 23 January 2021) was a German

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Career

He won an Olympic silver medal in

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in 1960, and a bronze medal in 1964. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1968, competing for East Germany.

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* 1939 births 2021 deaths German male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the United Team of Germany Olympic wrestlers for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub