Manfred Gelpke
German rower (born 1940) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manfred Gelpke (born 3 March 1940) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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![]() Manfred Gelpke in 1969 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Dresden, Germany | 3 March 1940||||||||||||||
Alma mater | DHfK | ||||||||||||||
Occupation | physical education teacher | ||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | SC Einheit Dresden | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur (DHfK) to become a physical education teacher and from 1978, he worked at a school in Dresden.[2]
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