Wolfgang Hunger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameWolfgang•Hunger
Used nameWolfgang•Hunger
Born19 July 1960 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (GER)
Measurements181 cm / 72 kg
AffiliationsPotsdamer Yacht Club, Berlin (GER)
NOC Germany West Germany

Biography

West German Wolfgang Hunger sailed with his brother Joachim 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. After the death of his brother, Wolfgang partnered Rolf Schmidt and finished eighth at the 1992 Barcelona yachting events, now representing reunified Germany.

In total, Wolfgang Hunger won the Kieler Woche 23 time and won seven world titles, two silver, and four bronze medals, all with the 470 and the 505 two person dinghies. By profession, Hunger became a graduated surgeon with his own practice in his hometown Kiel.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Sailing FRG Wolfgang Hunger
Two Person Dinghy, Open (Olympic) Joachim Hunger 4
1988 Summer Olympics Sailing FRG Wolfgang Hunger
Two Person Dinghy, Men (Olympic) Joachim Hunger 5
1992 Summer Olympics Sailing GER Wolfgang Hunger
Two Person Dinghy, Men (Olympic) Rolf Schmidt 8

Olympic family relations