Manfred Eglin represented a country who first competed in the Olympics in what year?
Manfred Eglin Manfred Eglin (10 October 1935 – 10 August 2001) was a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Karlsruhe, Eglin played for Karlsruher FV and Stuttgarter Kickers, and represented Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Germany at the Paralympics Germany (GER) participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of nine athletes. The country, since 1949 officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), was until 1990 also called West Germany while the separate East German Democratic Republic (GDR) existed, which was recognized by the IOC only after 1964. East German athletes, however, participated in the Paralympics for the first and last time in 1984. Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, athletes from all of Germany compete simply as Germany (GER) again.