Manfred Merkel

{{short description|East German canoeist}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}}

{{MedalCountry| {{GDR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1959 Geneva|Mixed C-2}}

{{MedalGold|1961 Hainsberg|C-2}}

{{MedalGold|1961 Hainsberg|C-2 team}}

{{MedalGold|1963 Spittal|C-2}}

{{MedalGold|1963 Spittal|C-2 team}}

{{MedalGold|1965 Spittal|C-2}}

{{MedalGold|1967 Lipno|C-2 team}}

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Manfred Merkel (born 3 November 1938) is a retired slalom canoeist who competed for East Germany.

Merkel was born in 1938 in Meuselwitz.{{cite book | first=Volker | last=Kluge | authorlink=Volker Kluge | edition=2 | title=Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien. |trans-title= The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies. | publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag | location=Berlin | date=2004 | isbn=3-89602-538-4 | pages=384f |language=de}} 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).