Manfred Rieger (born 25 April 1941) is a retired German weightlifter. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, as heavyweight in 1964 and 1968 and super heavyweight in 1972, and finished in eleventh, fourth and fifth place, respectively. Between 1966 and 1970 he won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight category at every European championship (the championships were not conducted in 1967).

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1941 births

Living people

German male weightlifters

Olympic weightlifters for the United Team of Germany

Olympic weightlifters for East Germany

Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics

European Weightlifting Championships medalists

People from Zittau

Sportspeople from Saxony

People from Bezirk Dresden

East German male weightlifters

Manfred Rieger