Manfred Funke (born 22 August 1955) is a German

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. He competed in the men's heavyweight I event at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

representing

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

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* 1955 births Living people German male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for East Germany East German male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Zwenkau World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters from Saxony 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-weightlifting-bio-stub