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manfred rieger in 1971 sg robur zittau zittau , germany 104 -- 126 kg 320px 1.84 m ftin on weightlifting 25 april 1941 bundesarchiv bild 183-f1105-0027-001 , wittenberg , manfred rieger.jpg manfred rieger

manfred rieger

manfred rieger -lrb- born 25 april 1941 -rrb- 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 -lrb- the championships were not conducted in 1967 -rrb- .
