| Manuel Varela Andrade | |
| Image Upright: | 1 |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Villa Urquiza, Argentina |
| Resting Place: | Sus restos descansan frente a la Parroquia San Juan el Precursor (Rogelio Yrurtia 5800), lugar en el cual él salía a correr y entrenar. |
Manuel Varela (31 May 1922 - 21 March 2013) was an Argentine wrestler.https://unblogdelucha.blogspot.com/2007/07/cuatro-de-oro.html He competed in the men's Greco-Roman flyweight at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Manuel Varela had the following podium finishes at major championships: 1st in the 1955 Pan American Games freestyle flyweight -52 kg, 2nd in the 1951 Pan American Games freestyle flyweight -52 kg, 3rd in the 1959 Pan American Games freestyle flyweight -52 kg. He came 7th in the 1948 Olimpics (Flywheight, Greco-Roman) https://www.olympedia.org/lists/11/manual.