Joachim Hunger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJoachim•Hunger
Used nameJoachim•Hunger
Born26 September 1957 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (GER)
Died9 February 1990 in West-Berlin, Berlin (GER) 
Measurements175 cm / 65 kg
AffiliationsPotsdamer Yacht Club, Berlin (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

West German Joachim Hunger and his brother Wolfgang sailed together at both the 1984 Long Beach and 1988 Busan Olympics. The brothers finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Both also won the Kieler Woche six times during the 1980s, and in 1983 and 1986 they won silver medals at the World Championships.

Joachim Hunger became a doctor by profession. In 1990, he was cycling through Berlin when he collided with a pedestrian. Hunger was so badly injured in the accident that he died after being in a coma for two days in the intensive care unit of a Berlin hospital.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Sailing FRG Joachim Hunger
Two Person Dinghy, Open (Olympic) Wolfgang Hunger 4
1988 Summer Olympics Sailing FRG Joachim Hunger
Two Person Dinghy, Men (Olympic) Wolfgang Hunger 5

Olympic family relations

Special Notes