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Lothar Knörzer (born 4 August 1933, in
Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...
) is a
West German West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital c ...
athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the
United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany () was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympic Games, Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes from a third ...
in the
1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...
held in
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in the 4 × 100-metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Leonhard Pohl, Heinz Fütterer 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 A ...
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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 Athletes from Karlsruhe (region) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub