Manfred Losch

With 64.36 m Manfred Losch won the GDR hammer throw in 1964.

Manfred Losch (born December 27, 1938 in Angermünde ; † November 1, 2009 in Schkeuditz ) was a German athlete and Olympian who competed for the German Democratic Republic . In 1966 he was fourth in hammer throw at the European Championships .

Losch reached third place at the GDR championships in 1959 and fourth place the following year. In the qualification for the all-German Olympic team , he was able to prevail together with the GDR master Klaus Peter and the FRG master Siegfried Lorenz . All three German throwers were eliminated from qualifying at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In 1962 Manfred Losch took second place behind Martin Lotz at the GDR championships . In the elimination for the European Championships in Belgrade, Lotz and Losch from the GDR and Hans Fahsl from the FRG prevailed. All three throwers qualified for the final and then finished ninth (Fahsl), ten (Losch) and twelve (Lotz). In 1963 Lotz won again at the GDR championships before Losch, in 1964 Losch won his first GDR championship title, but could not qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo . After the runner-up in 1965 behind Martin Lotz, Losch won his second championship title in 1966. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 Losch threw the hammer to 65.84 m and took fourth place, he was about one and a half meters behind third-placed Uwe Beyer from Germany. In 1967 Losch won his third GDR championship title, in 1968 he finished second behind Reinhard Theimer .

Losch set two GDR records in 1962 with 64.44 m in May and 65.26 m in July, both of which were also all-German records. He had his personal best in 1968 with 69.10 m. Manfred Losch started for the SC DHfK Leipzig , after his sporting career he was a university sports teacher and senior teacher at the DHfK in Leipzig, where he became a Dr. paed. PhD. With a height of 1.98 m, Losch's competition weight was 123 kg. His brother Hartmut Losch , who was almost five years his junior , became European champion in the discus throw in 1969.

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics. 1898-2005. Volume 2: Lehnertz - Zylka. 3rd edition, 12. – 21. Hundred. German Athletics Promotion and Project Society, Darmstadt 2005.

Web links

• Manfred Losch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )