Wolfgang Lakenmacher (8 October 1943 – 25 May 2023) was a

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. In 1972 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored eleven goals. Lakenmacher was the father of

Sven Lakenmacher Sven Lakenmacher (born 26 May 1971) is a former East German and German male handball player. He was a member of the Germany men's national handball team. He was part of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics, playing two matches. On club level he ...

who competed with the German handball team at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. Lakenmacher died on 25 May 2023, at the age of 79.Trauer um Wolfgang Lakenmacher

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1943 births 2023 deaths German male handball players Olympic handball players for East Germany Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics People from Börde (district) Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt People from Bezirk Magdeburg East German male handball players {{Germany-handball-bio-stub