Manfred Merkel

Manfred Merkel (born 3 November 1938) is a retired East German slalom canoeist.

Manfred Merkel

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  East Germany
World Championships
	1959 Geneva	Mixed C-2
	1961 Hainsberg	C-2
	1961 Hainsberg	C-2 team
	1963 Spittal	C-2
	1963 Spittal	C-2 team
	1965 Spittal	C-2
	1967 Lipno	C-2 team

Merkel was born in 1938 in Meuselwitz.[1] He competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. He won seven gold medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (C-2: 1961, 1963, 1965; C-2 team: 1961, 1963, 1967; Mixed C-2: 1959).

See also

• Günther Merkel

References

1. Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 384f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)