Manfred Homberg

{{Short description|German boxer (1933–2010)}}

Manfred Homberg (15 July 1933 – 12 August 2010) was a German boxer.

Homberg had an outstanding amateur career. He was a German champion in the Flyweight class (1958 and 1959), and the Bantamweight class (1961).{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Germany1949_1989FRG.html|title = Germany1949_1989FRG}} He won twice the gold medal in the European Amateur Boxing Championships, at Prague 1957{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1957.html|title = European Championships1957}} and Lucerne 1959.{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/EuropeanChampionships1959.html|title = 13.European Championships - Luzern, Switzerland - May 24-31 1959}} At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the flyweight class.{{Cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/OlympicGames1960.html|title = 17.Olympic Games - Rome - 1960}}

In the period of 1952–1962, he was on the German national team 19 times (won 17, lost 1, drawn 1).[http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/DualsLeague/duals_index.html International duals results] He died in Düsseldorf in August 2010.