Manfred Ommer

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Manfred Ommer (2nd from left; start number 481) at the 1st semifinals of the 200-meter run, European Athletics Championships 1974 in Rome
Manfred Ommer (on the podium, left) at the award ceremony in the 200-meter run, European Athletics Championships 1974 in Rome

Manfred Ommer (born September 13, 1950 in Bergisch Gladbach ; † May 21, 2021 ) was a German athlete and football official . In the early 1970s, the sprinter took part in many competitions, including the 1972 Olympic Games .

Life

At the European Championships in 1971 he retired with the 4 x 100 meter relay in the finals (loss of baton). In 1972 he became German champion over 100 and 200 meters. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he was eliminated in the 200-meter run in the semifinals. Ommer - a member of the relay - was the only German athlete who stopped running after the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . In 1974 he was again German champion over 100 and 200 meters. His greatest success was winning the silver medal with 20.76 s in the 200-meter run at the 1974 European Championships . In the 100-meter run he was sixth in 10.36 s, the German relay team was disqualified.

In 1977 he confessed that he had been doping with Dianabol . In the newly emerging doping discussion in 2013 following the submission of the final report of the anti-doping commission, he accused the Freiburg doctor Armin Klümper : "Klümper was the greatest doper on the planet."

Manfred Ommer belonged to the sports club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen . In his playing days he was 1.77 m tall and weighed 71 kg.

From 1986 to March 8, 1994, Ommer was president of the Bundesliga soccer club FC 08 Homburg .

Ommer suffered from Parkinson's disease as he got older and died on May 21, 2021 at the age of 70.

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898-2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.

swell

  1. ↑ Manfred Ommer dies at the age of 70 on galopponline.de; accessed on May 27, 2021
  2. ↑ Manfred Ommer died at the age of 70 on bild.de; accessed on May 27, 2021
  3. ↑ Power of Medals. Der Spiegel September 11, 1972
  4. ^ Andreas Singler, Gerhard Treutlein: Doping in top sport. Sports science analyzes of national and international performance development . Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89899-192-6 , p. 129
  5. ↑ Sportpolitik - Doping Manfred Ommer: "Contents did not surprise me" , Focus , August 6, 2013
  6. ↑ Ommer and the Condoms. Magazine Forum January 10, 2011 ( Memento from January 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Father of the Ommer model and the London advertising is dead. In: Die Rheinpfalz . June 1, 2021, accessed June 2, 2021 .

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SURNAME Ommer, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete and football official
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergisch Gladbach
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2021