Manfred Gelpke
 Manfred Gelpke in 1969 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 March 1940 Dresden | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | DHfK | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | physical education teacher | |||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||
| Club | SC Einheit Dresden | |||||||||||||
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Manfred Gelpke (born 3 March 1940) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Dresden and was a member of SC Einheit Dresden. At the 1968 Olympics he was a crew member of the East German boat that won the silver medal in the coxed four event.[1] He later studied at the (DHfK) to become a physical education teacher and from 1978, he worked at a school in Dresden.[2]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Gelpke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 165. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
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- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
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- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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