{{Short description|German weightlifter (1950–2018)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Rudolf Mang.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date|17 June 1950}} | birth_place = Bellenberg, West Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|03|12|1950|06|17}} | death_place = Bellenberg, Germany | height = 180 cm | weight = 116-130 kg | sport = Weightlifting | club = Sportverein Bellenberg | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}} {{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1972 Munich | +110 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 1973 Havana | +110 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 1971 Sofia | +110 kg}} {{MedalSilver| 1972 Constanta | +110 kg}} {{MedalBronze| 1973 Madrid | +110 kg}} }}
'''Rudolf Mang''' (17 June 1950 – 12 March 2018) was a German heavyweight weightlifter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/Der-Baer-von-Bellenberg-Gewichtheber-Legende-Rudolf-Mang-ist-tot-id50624481.html |title=Der "Bär von Bellenberg": Gewichtheber-Legende Rudolf Mang ist tot |date=2018-03-13 |website=Augsburger Allgemeine |language=de |access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref> He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and placed fifth and second, respectively.<ref name=sref/> Between 1971 and 1972 he won four more medals at the world and European championships and set two world records: one in the snatch and one in the press.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Rudolf Mang |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/rudolf-mang-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/rudolf-mang-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020|accessdate=23 June 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=150 Rudolf Mang]. chidlovski.net</ref>
==Death== Mang died of a heart attack at his gym in Bellenberg, Germany on 12 March 2018. He was 67.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heimatzeitung.de/nachrichten/bayern/2869285_Gewichtheber-Legende-Rudolf-Mang-gestorben.html|title=PNP.de}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Rudolf Mang}} * {{Olympedia|55844}}
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