Leonhard Pohl

{{short description|German sprinter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date text|18 July 1929}}

| birth_place = Allenstein, Germany

| death_date = {{death-date and age|23 April 2014|July 18, 1929}}

| death_place = Pfungstadt, Germany

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1956 Melbourne | 4 × 100 metre relay }}

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Leonhard "Leo" Pohl (18 July 1929 – 23 April 2014) was a German athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was born in Allenstein (today Olsztyn, Poland) and died in Pfungstadt, Germany.{{cite news |url=http://www.echo-online.de/region/darmstadt-dieburg/pfungstadt/Ein-besonnener-und-ruhiger-Mensch;art1297,4988020 |title=Ein besonnener und ruhiger Mensch |date=26 April 2014 |publisher=Darmstädter Echo |language=German |accessdate=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505193833/http://www.echo-online.de/region/darmstadt-dieburg/pfungstadt/Ein-besonnener-und-ruhiger-Mensch;art1297,4988020 |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}

He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metre relay with his teammates Lothar Knörzer, Heinz Fütterer and Manfred Germar.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Leo Pohl |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/leo-pohl-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/leo-pohl-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=6 May 2014}}