Manfred Emmel

Manfred Emmel
Personal information
Born(1945-10-08)8 October 1945
Seckbach, Frankfurt, Germany
Died6 October 2025(2025-10-06) (aged 79)
Sport
SportPara table tennis
Medal record
Representing  West Germany
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Toronto Discus throw 1C
Para swimming
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv 25m breaststroke class 1
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem 3x25m freestyle relay 1A-1C
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv 25m freestyle class 1
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv 25m backstroke class 1
Silver medal – second place 1976 Toronto 25m freestyle 1C
Silver medal – second place 1976 Toronto 25m breaststroke 1C
Silver medal – second place 1980 Arnhem 25m freestyle 1C
Para table tennis
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Singles A2
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Singles 1C
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem Singles 1C
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem Teams 2
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York Singles 1C
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York Teams 1C
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Singles 1C
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Doubles A2
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Ingolstadt Teams 1C
Gold medal – first place 1985 Delden Singles 1C
Gold medal – first place 1985 Delden Teams 1C
Gold medal – first place 1987 Stoke Mandeville Singles 1C
Gold medal – first place 1987 Stoke Mandeville Teams 1C
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Ingolstadt Singles 1C

Manfred Emmel (8 October 1945 – 6 October 2025) was a German para table tennis player who competed in international table tennis competitions. He was an eight-time Paralympic champion in swimming and table tennis. He was notably one of the most successful German para table tennis player in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]

In 1967, Emmel founded the Wheelchair Sports Club (German: Rollstuhl-Sport-Club, RSC) in Frankfurt with Kurt Nicklas who was a physiotherapist for a trauma clinic in Berlin and Alfred Daßbach. Emmel was the chairman for the RSC from 1994 to 2015. The RSC is a sports club for wheelchair users who compete in wheelchair basketball, archery, wheelchair curling, handcycling, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair dancing and table tennis.[2]

Personal life

In 1963, Emmel was paralysed from a swimming accident in Schultheis pond in Offenbach District when he dived into the pond head first into gravel.[3]

Emmel passed away days before his 80th birthday in 2025.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Manfred Emmel - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 4 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Getting wheelchair users excited about sports (in German)". Frankfurter Neue Presse. 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Sports Minister praises the commitment of RSC Frankfurt (in German)". Wetterauer Zeitung. 7 October 2017.
  4. ^ "DRS Mourns The Loss of Former Vice-Chairman (in German)". drs.org. 6 October 2025.
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