Gerhard Wiltfang
Appearance
![]() Gerd Wiltfang receives a prize from Freddy Heineken (1965) | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
Born | Stuhr | 27 April 1946||||||||||||||
Died | 1 July 1997 | (aged 51)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gerhard "Gerd" Wiltfang (27 April 1946 in Stuhr, Lower Saxony – 1 July 1997 in Thedinghausen) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[1] In 1978, he won the World Championship in show jumping, and in 1982 the silver medal.
Witfang was married to Rita, with whom he had three children. They divorced and she later married Alwin Schockemöhle.[2]
Wiltfang died in 1997 of heart failure.
References
- ^ "Gerhard Wiltfang". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ Karl-Heinz Bergmann (29 July 1995). "Alwin Schockemöhles hoffnungsvoller Derby-Kandidat Scott war gedopt Schatten über dem Paradies". Berliner Zeitung.
External links
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Stuhr
- German male equestrians
- Olympic equestrians of West Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
- Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- German Olympic medalist stubs
- German equestrian biography stubs