Manfred Wolke

Manfred Wolke
Medal record

Henry Maske (left) and Manfred Wolke
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1968 Mexico City Welterweight

Manfred Wolke (born January 14, 1943 in Babelsberg, Brandenburg) is a 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.

References

v · d · eOlympic Boxing Champions in Men's Welterweight
1904: 135-145 lb (61.2-65.8 kg), 1920 – 1936: 135-147 lb (61.2-66.7 kg), 1948: 62-67 kg, 1952 – 2000: 63.5-67 kg, 2004 – 2008: 64-69 kg

1904: Albert Young (USA) • 1920: Bert Schneider (CAN) • 1924: Jean Delarge (BEL) • 1928: Ted Morgan (NZL) • 1932: Edward Flynn (USA) • 1936: Sten Suvio (FIN) • 1948: Július Torma (TCH) • 1952: Zygmunt Chychła (POL) • 1956: Nicolae Linca (ROU) • 1960: Nino Benvenuti (ITA) • 1964: Marian Kasprzyk (POL) • 1968: Manfred Wolke (GDR) • 1972: Emilio Correa (CUB) • 1976: Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) • 1980: Andrés Aldama (CUB) • 1984: Mark Breland (USA) • 1988: Robert Wangila (KEN) • 1992: Michael Carruth (IRL) • 1996-2000: Oleg Saitov (RUS) • 2004: Bakhtiyar Artayev (KAZ) • 2008: Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (KAZ)


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