Heinz Wossipiwo
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Heinz Wossipiwo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bad Elster, East Germany | 25 January 1951|||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 169 m (554 ft) Oberstdorf, West Germany (9 March 1973) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Heinz Wossipiwo (born 25 January 1951) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1975, representing East Germany.
Career[]
He won a silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. Wossipiwo also won a silver medal at the 1972 Ski-flying World Championships.
He also finished second one other time in his career in a normal hill event at Oberstdorf, West Germany in 1973. He also competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics.[1]
On 9 March 1973, he set a world record distance at 169 metres (554 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[2][3]
Ski jumping world record[]
Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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9 March 1973 | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K175 | Oberstdorf, West Germany | 169 | 554 |
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heinz Wossipiwo Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Nov rekord 169 m (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 March 1973.
- ^ "Zdaj Wosipiwo - 169 m (page 7)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 March 1973.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Bad Elster
- German male ski jumpers
- Sportspeople from Saxony
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Olympic ski jumpers of East Germany
- Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- German ski jumping biography stubs