Harald Wolf (cyclist)

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Harald Wolf in the Velodrome of Krylatskoje (2013)
Harald Wolf (left) with the GDR track cyclists Raasch, Heßlich, Macha and Thoms (from left to right) in Moscow in 1980

Harald Wolf (born November 7, 1955 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a former German racing cyclist .

Athletic career

Discovered as a talent at amateur races, Harald Wolf began cycling training at Einheit Flöha from 1969 to 1970 under the instructor Manfred Rast. In the 1971/72 season he moved to Werner Tennigkeit at SG Dynamo Karl-Marx-Stadt , from where he was delegated to the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt sports club in 1972 . His trainers here were Paul Tennler, Willy Gruß and Roland Kaiser. He won his first GDR championship title in 1972 in the single pursuit of the youth B class . Wolf already specialized in the 4,000 m pursuit as a track driver at SG Dynamo , but he also competed in road races throughout his sporting career . In 1979, for example, his greatest international success was overall victory at the Grand Prix de l'Humanité . His stage win at the GDR tour in 1975 was a surprise. He won the individual time trial ahead of eventual world champion Ad Gevers from the Netherlands .

In 1980 he set a world record in the 4000 m individual time trial at the Olympic Games in Moscow on the Velodrome of Krylatskoje , but failed in the race for third place on the Dane Hans-Henrik Ørsted .

Appointed to the national team several times ( World Championships 1979 and 1982 , XXII Olympic Games 1980) , he said goodbye to the national team on December 8, 1984 on the Berlin winter track .

Professional

After graduating from high school, Wolf studied information technology / electronics at the TH Karl-Marx-Stadt and graduated with a degree in engineering. The married father of one son now runs a heating and plumbing technology company in Flöha, Saxony .

successes

  • 1972 GDR champion youth B 3000 m individual time trial track
  • 1975 runner-up in the GDR championship team pursuit railway (SCK) with M. Wiegand, A. Neuer, H. Richter
  • 1975 1st place time trial in the 23rd GDR tour; 4th place in overall placement
  • 1976 win Int. Track cycling competition Karl-Marx-Stadt 4000 m team pursuit (GDR B) with H. Taudte, H. Bartels and K.-D. stone
  • 1977 Victory in the 110 km road race "Around Missen" (GDR)
  • 1978 runner-up in the GDR championship team pursuit railway (SCK) with M. Hernig, S. Stier, M. Wiegand
  • 1979 5th place World Championship 4000 m individual pursuit track
  • 1979 Winner Grand Prix de l'Humanité (France)
  • 1979 runner-up in the GDR championship, 4000 m individual track pursuit
  • 1979 GDR champion 4000 m team pursuit track (SC Karl-Marx-Stadt) with M. Hernig, M. Wiegand and U. Rudolph
  • 1980 GDR champion 4000 m individual track pursuit
  • 1980 GDR champion team pursuit railway (SCK) with M. Hernig, S. Stier and M. Wiegand
  • 1980 4th place Olympic Games Moscow 4000 m individual time trial
  • 1980 4000 m indoor world record (4: 39.96)
  • 1981 3rd place GDR championship team pursuit track with M. Hernig, J. Stein, S. Stier
  • 1982 runner-up in the GDR championship track pursuit
  • 1982 GDR champion team pursuit railway (SCK) with M. Hernig, J. Stein, S. Stier
  • 1982 4th place world championship 4000 m individual pursuit track
  • 1983 GDR champion team pursuit railway (SCK) with M. Hernig, J. Stein, S. Stier
  • 1983 stage victory (prologue) Lower Saxony tour
  • 1984 runner-up in the GDR championship track pursuit
  • 1984 GDR champion team pursuit railway (SCK) with M. Hernig, J. Stein, S. Stier
  • 1984 2nd place Int. Track cycling competitions Leipzig 4000 m individual pursuit
  • 1984 2nd place Thuringia cycling tour

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (WM): At home on the train and on the road. In: Freie Presse / Flöhaer Zeitung. 17./18. April 1999.
  2. ↑ On the person: Harald Wolf. In: The cyclist. February 1974.
  3. ↑ H. Uhl: Renner who want to get to the top. CYCLIST portrait series about young GDR riders. In: The cyclist. February 1974, pp. 1-2.
  4. ↑ Swiss winners kissed the train. In: New Germany. July 25, 1980, p. 8.
  5. ↑ W. Fischer: There was melancholy. In: New Time. December 10, 1984, p. 6.
  6. ↑ A piece of sports history (Flöha). Retrieved May 4, 2019 .

literature

  • W. Fischer: In a word. Harald Wolf. In: Sportecho. 8/9 August 1975.
  • About the person: Harald Wolf. In: The cyclist. February 1974.
  • H. Uhle: Renner who want to get to the top. CYCLIST portrait series about young GDR riders. In: The cyclist. February 1974, pp. 1-2.
  • (WM): At home on the train and on the road. In: Freie Presse / Flöhaer Zeitung. 17./18. April 1999.

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personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Karl Marx City