Germar Manfred

German athlete who mainly competed in sprint events. Germar competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl and Heinz Fütterer. Manfred Germars greatest performance as an athlete came at the 1958 European Championships, where he won the 200 metres, won silver in the 100, and ran anchor for the combined German 4×100 relay team that won the gold medal. He was World Ranked #1 in 1958 and #2 in 1957 in the 200. Germar was German Sportsman of the Year in 1957, was recipient of the Olympic Order in Silver 2001, and was inducted into the German Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less