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Wolfgang Scheidel

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Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1 March 1943) is an East German former luger who won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold in the men's doubles (1965) and two bronzes in the men's singles (1969, 1970). He won a pair of silver medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1970, 1971). After retiring from competitions Scheidel trained young lugers at ASK Oberhof until 1977, and after that worked as a sports instructor in a recreation home of the National People's Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Scheidel is the 1,973rd most popular athlete (up from 2,237th in 2019), the 5,470th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,712th in 2019) and the 186th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wolfgang Scheidel ranks 1,973 out of 6,025. Before him are Ivan Fuqua, Lou Jones, Jasna Kolar-Merdan, Wendy Smith-Sly, Tom Kiely, and Gertrude Liebhart. After him are Lutz Dombrowski, Horatio Fitch, Lillian Copeland, Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, Pyrros Dimas, and Karl Neumer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Wolfgang Scheidel ranks 631. Before him are Hugh Wilson, Jonathan Lynn, Edmund Bruggmann, Tony Esposito, Sigitas Geda, and Roy Estrada. After him are Nicolae Pescaru, Masushi Ouchi, Ignacio Calderón, James Herbert, Mike Fisher, and Ben Cardin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Scheidel ranks 5,473 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Zadek (1926), Ralf König (1960), Anaid Iplicjian (1935), Karl Del'Haye (1955), Rolf Rüssmann (1950), and Georg Volkert (1945). After him are Don Zagier (1951), Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (1951), Frank Schätzing (1957), Lutz Dombrowski (1959), Karl Neumer (1887), and Paul Koebe (1882).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Wolfgang Scheidel ranks 186. Before him are Rosa Kellner (1910), Harald Norpoth (1942), Margitta Pufe (1952), Liesel Westermann (1944), Christiane Krause (1950), and Marga Petersen (1919). After him are Lutz Dombrowski (1959), Karl Neumer (1887), Frank Ullrich (1958), Petra Schersing (1965), Uschi Disl (1970), and Reinhard Eiben (1951).

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