Josef Manger

Josef Manger

260px Josef Manger c. 1936
Personal information
Born	26 May 1913 Bamberg, Germany
Died	13 March 1991 (aged 77) Tutzing, Germany
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	SC Roland Bamberg
Medal record Representing Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin +82.5 kg World championships 1937 Paris +82.5 kg 1938 Vienna +82.5 kg European championships 1934 Genoa +82.5 kg 1935 Paris +82.5 kg

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 press and one in the snatch. His career was cut short by World War II, after which he worked as a salesman. A street in Bamberg, his hometown, was named in his honor.