Manfred Wolf

Manfred Wolf
Manfred Wolf
	Manfred Wolf in Oberhof, 1970
Country	East Germany
Born	11 January 1948 (age 73); Steinbach-Hallenberg,; Allied-occupied Germany
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Ski club	ASK Vorwärts Oberhof
Personal best	165 m (541 ft); Planica, Yugoslavia; (23 March 1969)

Manfred Wolf (born 11 January 1948 in Steinbach-Hallenberg)^[1] is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1973.

Career[]

On 23 March 1969, he set the ski jumping world record at 165 metres (541 ft) at the opening of Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153 in Planica, Yugoslavia. It lasted for five years.^[2]^[3]

He finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Wolf's best career finish was fourth in a normal hill event in West Germany in 1973.

Ski jumping world record[]

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
23 March 1969	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K153	Planica, Yugoslavia	165	541

References[]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Wolf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
^ "Wolf (NDR) -- 165 metres! (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1969.
^ "Manfred Wolf - Planica 1969 - 165 m - World record". YouTube. 23 March 1969. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.

External links[]

Manfred Wolf at the International Ski Federation

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Wolf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2018-09-29.

[2] "Wolf (NDR) -- 165 metres! (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 March 1969.

[3] "Manfred Wolf - Planica 1969 - 165 m - World record". YouTube. 23 March 1969. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.

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