Daniel Manz

{{short description|German taekwondo practitioner}}

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| birth_place = Kempten im Allgäu, Bavaria,
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| sport = Taekwondo

| event = 68 kg

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| coach = Markus Kohllöffel

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Daniel Manz (born September 12, 1987 in Kempten im Allgäu, Bavaria) is a German taekwondo practitioner.{{cite sports-reference|title = Daniel Manz|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/daniel-manz-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170515/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/daniel-manz-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 27 January 2013}} He won a silver medal for the 68 kg division at the 2008 European Taekwondo Championships in Rome, Italy.{{cite news|title=Winkler und Manz mit EM-Medaille Deutschland räumt bei der Europameisterschaft in Rom|trans-title=Winkler and Manz won medals for Germany at the European Championships in Rome|language=German|url=http://www.tcc-friedrichshafen.de/de/news/beitraege/2008/winkler-und-manz-mit-em-medaille.php|publisher=Taekwondo Competence Centre|date=17 April 2008|accessdate=27 January 2013}} Manz is also the husband of two-time Olympic taekwondo jin Sümeyye Gülec.{{cite news|title=Taekwondoka Sümeyye Gülec greift wieder an|trans-title=Taekwondoka Sümeyye Gülec attacks again|language=German|url=http://www.nordbayern.de/nuernberger-nachrichten/nn-sport/taekwondoka-sumeyye-gulec-greift-wieder-an-1.597503|publisher=Nürnberger Nachrichten|date=11 June 2009|accessdate=27 January 2013}}

Manz qualified for the men's 68 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite news|title=WTF European Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Success in Istanbul, Turkey|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=196&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=196&page=25&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=05f0bfd3040391b4fb8144d4bdb558f5|publisher=World Taekwondo Federation|date=31 January 2008|accessdate=27 January 2013}} He defeated Kyrgyzstan's Rasul Abduraim in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to U.S. taekwondo jin Mark López, with a score of 1–3.{{cite web|title=Men's 68kg (150 lbs) Quarterfinals|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM068302/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818173034/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM068302/index.html|archive-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Mark Lopez makes taekwondo final; Diana loses|url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2008/August/21/Mark-Lopez-makes-taekwondo-final-Diana-loses.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731092655/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2008/August/21/Mark-Lopez-makes-taekwondo-final-Diana-loses.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2012|publisher=Team USA|date=21 August 2008|accessdate=27 January 2013}} Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Manz took advantage of the repechage round by defeating Afghanistan's Nesar Ahmad Bahave. He progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Chinese Taipei's Sung Yu-Chi, with a sudden death score of 3–4.{{cite web|title=Men's 68kg (150 lbs) Bronze Medal|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM068252/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818170922/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM068252/index.html|archive-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Son's kick with one second left earns him gold medal|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/judo/news/story?id=3546074|work=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=21 August 2008|access-date=27 January 2013}}