Manfred Ommer
{{Short description|German sprinter (1950–2021)}}
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| caption = Manfred Ommer competing at the 1974 European Athletics Championships in Rome
| nationality = German
| sport = Sprinting
| event = 200 metres
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|9|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|5|21|1950|9|13|df=yes}}
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Manfred Ommer (13 September 1950 – 21 May 2021)[https://galopponline.de/news/galopp-news/manfred-ommer-stirbt-70-jahren Manfred Ommer stirbt mit 70 Jahren] auf galopponline.de; retrieved 27 May 2021.[https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fussball/sprint-star-und-fussball-boss-manfred-ommer-mit-70-jahren-verstorben-76537286.bild.html Manfred Ommer mit 70 Jahren verstorben] auf bild.de; retrieved 27 May 2021. was a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics representing West Germany.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/om/manfred-ommer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/om/manfred-ommer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Manfred Ommer Olympic Results |accessdate=15 July 2017}}
Life
At the 1971 European Athletics Championships, he was eliminated with the 4 × 100 metres relay in the final (loss of baton). In 1972 he became German champion over 100 and 200 meters. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he retired in the 200 metres run in the semifinals. Ommer - a member of the relay - was the only German athlete who did not compete after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-42891831.html Macht der Medaillen. Der Spiegel 11 September 1972] In 1974 he was German champion over 100 and 200 meters again. His greatest success is the silver medal with 20.76s in the 200 metres run at the 1974 European Athletics Championships. In the 100 metres run he was in 10.36s sixth, the relay was disqualified. In 1977 he confessed to doping with Dianabol.Andreas Singler, Gerhard Treutlein: Doping im Spitzensport. Sportwissenschaftliche Analysen zur nationalen und internationalen Leistungsentwicklung. Aachen 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-89899-192-6}}, S. 129 In the newly emerging doping discussion in 2013 after submission of the final report of the anti-doping commission, he accused the Freiburg physician Armin Klümper: Klümper was the largest doper on this planet.[http://www.focus.de/sport/mehrsport/sportpolitik-doping-manfred-ommer-inhalt-hat-mich-nicht-ueberrascht_aid_1063997.html Sportpolitik – DopingManfred Ommer: „Inhalt hat mich nicht überrascht"], Focus, 6 August 2013.
Manfred Ommer belonged to the sports club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In his active time he was 1.77 m tall and weighed 71 kg.
From 1986 until March 8, 1994, Ommer was president of the German soccer club FC 08 Homburg in Homburg, Saarland. Ommer led this into the Bundesliga and made headlines in 1987 when he signed the condom manufacturer London as the main sponsor for the club. The DFB banned advertising on the jersey, imposed a fine and threatened Homburg with a point deduction.{{cite web |url=https://www.express.de/sport/fussball/bayer-04-leverkusen/kondom-werbung-und-top-sprinter-trauer-um-manfred-ommer-62327 |title=Top-Sprinter und Kondom-Werbung Deutsche Sport-Szene trauert um Manfred Ommer |last=Bödeker |first=Uwe |date=29 May 2021 |publisher=Express |access-date=7 August 2022 |language=German}}
In 1988, Ommer was active in investment consulting with 17 of his own companies after dropping out of his law degree after seven semesters.{{cite web |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/guck-mal-haste-wieder-geld-verdient-spiegel-report-ueber-die-a-268699ab-0002-0001-0000-000013530511 |title="Guck mal, haste wieder Geld verdient" |date=4 December 1988 |publisher=Spiegel |access-date=7 August 2022 |language=German}}
Ommer also caused a stir with the so-called "Ommer model". The business idea behind this was to collect money in various funds in order to buy players, which would be passed on to clubs for a kind of leasing fee. Some of the players financed in this way ended up in Homburg. The model has often been viewed as a "slave trade".{{cite web |url=https://11freunde.de/artikel/und-es-war-ommer/412007 |title=…und es war Ommer |last=Ehlers |first=Mathias |date=31 May 2011 |publisher=11 Freunde |access-date=8 August 2022 |language=German}}
At Rot-Weiss Essen, Ommer was a member of the board of directors.
Ommer suffered from Parkinson's disease as he aged and died on 21 May 2021 at the age of 70.{{cite web |url=https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/saarland_artikel,-vater-des-ommer-modells-und-der-london-werbung-ist-tot-_arid,5210357.html |title=Vater des Ommer-Modells und der London-Werbung ist tot |last=Müller |first=Gerhard |date=1 June 2021 |publisher=Rheinland |access-date=8 August 2022 |language=German}}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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