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Place of Birth: Meuselwitz, Thuringia, Germany
About Manfred Merkel
- Manfred Merkel (born 3 November 1938) is a retired East German slalom canoeist. Merkel was born in 1938 in Meuselwitz.
- 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).
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