Manfred Wolke

Wolke in 1983
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	Welterweight
European Amateur Championships
	1967 Rome	Welterweight
	1971 Madrid	Welterweight

Manfred Wolke (born 14 January 1943 in Babelsberg, Brandenburg) is a German former welterweight boxer. He was a member of the Armeesportsklub Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder.

Wolke, representing East Germany, was the Welterweight Olympic gold medalist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. Wolke defeated Joseph Bessala of Cameroon on a 4-1 decision in the final. In 1972 he was knocked out by Cuba's Emilio Correa and didn't win a medal.

After his boxing career ended, Wolke became a trainer, most notably working with 1990s Heavyweight contender Axel Schulz and Henry Maske, and most recently with Francesco Pianeta.

1968 Olympic results

Below are the results of Manfred Wolke, a welterweight boxer from East Germany who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:

• Round of 64: bye
• Round of 32: defeated Andres Molina (Cuba) by decision, 4-1
• Round of 16: defeated Expedito Arrais (Brazil) by decision, 5-0
• Quarterfinal: defeated Celal Sandal (Turkey) by decision, 4-1
• Semifinal: defeated Vladimir Musalinov (Soviet Union) by decision, 3-2
• Final: defeated Joseph Bessala (Cameroon) by decision, 4-1 (won gold medal)

References

• Olympic DB at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 February 2007)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Wolke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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