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German wrestler (1939–2021)

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Lothar Metz
Medal record
Metz was the 1968 Olympic Greco-Roman middleweight champion
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Representing Germany
	1960 Rome	Middleweight
	1964 Tokyo	Middleweight
Representing East Germany
	1968 Mexico City	Middleweight

Lothar Metz (Germany, 16 January 1939 – Germany, 23 January 2021) was a German wrestler.

Career

He won an Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1960, and a bronze medal in 1964. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1968, competing for East Germany.

References

"Lothar Metz". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lothar Metz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

External links

Lothar Metz at the International Wrestling Database
Lothar Metz at Olympedia

v t e Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman middleweight
1908: Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE) 1912: Claes Johanson (SWE) 1920: Carl Westergren (SWE) 1924: Edvard Westerlund (FIN) 1928: Väinö Kokkinen (FIN) 1932: Väinö Kokkinen (FIN) 1936: Ivar Johansson (SWE) 1948: Axel Grönberg (SWE) 1952: Axel Grönberg (SWE) 1956: Givi Kartozia (URS) 1960: Dimitar Dobrev (BUL) 1964: Branislav Simić (YUG) 1968: Lothar Metz (GDR) 1972: Csaba Hegedűs (HUN) 1976: Momir Petković (YUG) 1980: Gennady Korban (URS) 1984: Ion Draica (ROM) 1988: Mikhail Mamiashvili (URS) 1992: Péter Farkas (HUN) 1996: Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) 2000: Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) 2004: Aleksey Mishin (RUS) 2008: Andrea Minguzzi (ITA) 2012: Alan Khugaev (RUS) 2016: Davit Chakvetadze (RUS) 2020: Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) 2024: Semen Novikov (BUL)
1908: 73 kg 1912–1928: 75 kg 1932–1960: 79 kg 1964–1968: 87 kg 1972–1996: 82 kg 2000: 85 kg 2004–2012: 84 kg 2016: 85 kg 2020–present: 87 kg