What is Lothar Metz?
[[File:Lothar Metz.jpg|right|200px]] '''Lothar Metz''' (16 January 1939 &ndash; 23 January 2021) was a German [[wrestling|wrestler]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/58299 |title=Lothar Metz |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> He won an Olympic silver medal in [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] in 1960, and a bronze medal in 1964. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1968, competing for East Germany.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Lothar Metz |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/lothar-metz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/lothar-metz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref> He was born in [[Meerane]], [[Germany]]. Metz died on 23 January 2021 in [[Rostock]], Germany at the age of 81.<ref name=obit/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Metz, Lothar}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for East Germany]] [[Category:Wrestlers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Saxony]] {{sports-bio-stub}}