Wolfgang Gunkel
East German rower (1948–2020)
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Born | (1948-01-15)15 January 1948 Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 May 2020(2020-05-20) (aged 72)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Renate Boesler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Berliner TSC SC Berlin-Grünau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wolfgang Gunkel (15 January 1948 – 20 May 2020)[2] was an East German rower who mostly competed in coxed pairs together with Jörg Lucke. In this event he won the European title in 1971, the Olympic gold medal in 1972, and the world title in 1975.[3] His crew placed fourth at the 1968 Olympics.[4] Gunkel won another world title in the men's eight in 1977.[5] In February 1978, he was given the sports awards Honoured Master of Sports.[6]
In the early 1970s, he married fellow international rower Renate Boesler.[7][8]
References
- ^ Deutscher Ruderverband (29 May 2020). "News: Nachruf auf Wolfgang Gunkel". rudern.de. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Wolfgang Gunkel". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften Zweier mit Steuermann – Herren, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.). sports-reference.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wolfgang Gunkel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Wolfgang GUNKEL at World Rowing
- ^ "Viele Berliner unter den Ausgezeichneten" [Many Berliners among the award winners]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 34, no. 32. 7 February 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Ruderer verabschiedet" [Rowers farewelled]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 29, no. 139. 21 May 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ Mollenschott, Cornelia (1 July 1975). "Einige Fragen an" [A few questions for]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 30, no. 154. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links
- Wolfgang Gunkel at Olympedia
- Wolfgang Gunkel at Olympics.com
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- 1900: François Brandt, Roelof Klein (cox. Hermanus Brockmann in the heat; unknown in the final)
- 1920: Ercole Olgeni, Giovanni Scatturin (cox. Guido De Felip)
- 1924: Édouard Candeveau, Alfred Felber (cox. Émile Lachapelle)
- 1928: Hans Schöchlin, Karl Schöchlin (cox. Hans Bourquin)
- 1932: Joseph Schauers, Charles Kieffer (cox. Edward Jennings)
- 1936: Gerhard Gustmann, Herbert Adamski (cox. Dieter Arend)
- 1948: Finn Pedersen, Tage Henriksen (cox. Carl-Ebbe Andersen)
- 1952: Raymond Salles, Gaston Mercier (cox. Bernard Malivoire)
- 1956: Dan Ayrault, Conn Findlay (cox. Kurt Seiffert)
- 1960: Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg (cox. Klaus Zerta)
- 1964: Edward Ferry, Conn Findlay (cox. Kent Mitchell)
- 1968: Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo (cox. Bruno Cipolla)
- 1972: Wolfgang Gunkel, Jörg Lucke (cox. Klaus-Dieter Neubert)
- 1976: Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr)
- 1980: Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich (cox. Georg Spohr)
- 1984: Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe Di Capua)
- 1988: Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale (cox. Giuseppe Di Capua)
- 1992: Greg Searle, Jonny Searle (cox. Garry Herbert)
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