Wim Thoelke

Georg Heinrich Willem (Wim) Thoelke (9 May 1927 in Mülheim an der Ruhr – 26 November 1995 in Engenhahn) was a German TV entertainer. He worked during the 1960s and 1970s for TV sport serie Aktuelles Sportstudio on German channel ZDF. Thoelke was showmaster of the TV shows Drei mal Neun and Der große Preis in the 1970s and 1980s. Thoelke was married and had two children.

Awards

• 1966: Goldene Kamera in category team camera for Das aktuelle sportstudio
• 1970: Bambi
• 1975: Goldene Kamera in category Best gameshow-moderator for Drei mal Neun and Der große Preis (3. Platz HÖRZU reader choice)

Literature

• Wim Thoelke: Stars, Kollegen und Ganoven – eine Art Autobiographie. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-404-61362-7

External links

• Wim Thoelke in German National Library