Manfred Kinder

Manfred children ( born April 20, 1938 in Königsberg ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic medal winner who - starting for the Federal Republic - belonged in the 1960s to the world's best 400-meter runners. He participated in two Olympic medal successes with the German 4 x 400 - meter relay - the silver medal in Rome in 1960 and the bronze medal in 1968 in Mexico City.

Achievements

At the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964, he started for the Federal Republic in a joint German team.

1963 and 1964 was Manfred children German champion in the 800 -meter run. In 1965 he was awarded the Rudolf Harbig Memorial Award.

Manfred children belonged to the OSV Horde, from 1962 the Wuppertal SV. In his playing days, he was 1.84 m tall and weighed 75 kg. At first he was an auto mechanic and then stepped in Wuppertal in the police service a.

Bests

  • 400 meters: 45.8 s ( 1960)
  • 800 meters: 1:46,7 min ( 1966)
400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay 1960 Summer Olympics Hans-Joachim Reske Johannes Kaiser Carl Kaufmann 1962 European Athletics Championships Johannes Schmitt 1964 Summer Olympics 1966 European Athletics Championships Gerhard Hennige Martin Jellinghaus Integrated Authority File
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