Manfred Wolke

Manfred Wolke (born: January 14, 1943 in Babelsberg, Brandenburg, Germany), representing East Germany, was the Welterweight Olympic gold medalist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. Wolke defeated Joseph Bessala of Cameroon on a 4-1 decision in the final.

After his boxing career ended, Wolke became a trainer, most notably working with 1990s Heavyweight contender Axel Schulz.

Trains / Trained:

• Henry Maske
• Marco Huck
• Danilo Haussler
• Rene Dettweiler
• Enad Licina
• Kai Kurzawa

Olympic games results

1968 (as a welterweight)

• Defeaeed Andres Molina (Cuba) 4-1
• Defeated Expedito Arrais Alncar (Brazil) 5-0
• Defeated Celal Sandal (Turkey) 4-1
• Defeated Vladimir Musalimov (Soviet Union) 3-2
• Defeated Joseph Bessala (Cameroon) 4-1

1972 (as a welterweight)

• Defeated Panayotis Therianos (Greece) 4-1
• Lost to Emilio Correa (Cuba) TKO 2