Karl-Heinz Wolf (biathlete)

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Karl-Heinz Wolf biathlon
Karl-Heinz Wolf
Association Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
birthday 4th July 1951
place of birth Meiningen
Career
job Trainer
society ASK forward Oberhof
status resigned
Medal table
GDR championship 1 × gold 3 × silver 1 × bronze
GDR championships
silver 1972 Season
silver 1974 sprint
bronze 1975 Season
gold 1976 singles
silver 1976 Season
World Cup balance
last change: February 24, 2009

Karl-Heinz Wolf (born July 4, 1951 in Meiningen ) is a former German biathlete and cross-country ski trainer . After his active career, he came into the public eye again in 2004 through his previous work as an unofficial employee of the Stasi .

Sporting successes

Karl-Heinz Wolf was at the start for the ASK Vorwärts Oberhof during his active time . In 1972 he won his first medal at the GDR championships alongside Herbert Wiegand and Karl-Heinz Menz with silver in the relay race. Two years later he was runner-up behind Menz in the sprint race. With Richard Möller and Manfred Geyer he was third in the relay competition in 1975, and in 1976 with Menz and Geyer second. He also won the individual title in 1976. The greatest international success was his participation in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , where Wolf achieved 15th place over 20 kilometers; in the relay he was only intended as a substitute runner.

Work for the Stasi

In the summer of 1975, during his time as an active athlete, Karl-Heinz Wolf was recruited as an unofficial employee of the Stasi. He was classified as an “unofficial employee for political operational penetration and securing the area of ​​responsibility” (IMS). He committed himself in a handwritten declaration with the words: "I am fully aware of the great trust that the MfS has placed in me and will endeavor to live up to it." The code name "IM Ernst" was chosen.

On June 30, 1976, IM Ernst informed the Stasi that the future junior world champion in biathlon and a student at the sports school in Zella-Mehlis , Andreas Hess , had a “larger amount of money from the West” . The amount of money was DM 20.00 . As a result of this report, eight other unofficial employees of the Stasi were given the task of observing Andreas Hess.

Another prominent athlete whom Karl-Heinz Wolf reported negatively was the biathlete Frank Ullrich in 1981. He characterized him with the words:

“ At the moment it can be summarized that Frank, as an Olympic champion and role model for many young athletes, does not behave accordingly and has strong character weaknesses in this regard. "

In the case of other athletes and supervisors, he complained that they were “chatty” , “a weakness for women” , or that they “did not care much about children's concerns” .

Wolf's reports to the Stasi from 1981 to 1989 were destroyed on November 10, 1989, the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall . However, copies of his reports are in the files of the spied on. On November 13, 1989, the contractual relationship with the Stasi was terminated due to "lack of prospects". The final report of the Stasi describes his work as follows: “The IM was used to educate / secure sports tour teams in the Nordic ski disciplines of the ASK Oberhof. The IM reported in writing and incriminated people. "

Work as a trainer and resignation

After his active career, from 1978 Karl-Heinz Wolf was employed as "Head of Young Competitive Sport" at ASK Oberhof. From June 1988 he was the head coach of the cross-country skiing team at ASK Oberhof . His rank in the NVA at that time was that of a major . He also held several official functions in the ski federation of the GDR, the Federal Republic and the IBU . In Oberhof in particular , Wolf has made a name for himself as head trainer, competition director and responsible for the shooting range.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Karl-Heinz Wolf was involved as a supervisor for the team from Moldova . At the time, he vigorously denied being an unofficial employee of the Stasi.

In 2004 he first headed the organizing committee for the Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof. He resigned from this position after it became public that he was an unofficial employee of the GDR State Security during GDR times . In the early 1990s he was not employed by the Bundeswehr because of his ties to the state security and has been working for WSV Oberhof 05 ever since .

Wolf's son Alexander is also a biathlete and has participated in the Olympic Games and World Championships.

literature

  • Udo Ludwig, Thomas Purschke: Biathlon: Strong weaknesses . In: Der Spiegel . No. 52 , 2003 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Karl-Heinz Wolf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Wolf Biography and Statistics . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b c page no longer available , search in web archives: "The case of IM Ernst" by Thomas Purschke in the Frankenpost of January 9, 2004@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www1.frankenpost.de
  3. ↑ a b c d “State Plan Sieg. The instrumentalization of GDR winter sports using the example of Oberhof ”. Thomas Purschke, 2004, page 27
  4. ↑ Article “The long shadow of Plan 14.25” ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Volker Kreisl in the SZ of February 4, 2004, section " Traitors to the Fatherland" @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sueddeutsche.de
  5. ^ Stasi in Salt Lake City . In: Der Spiegel . No. 8 , 2002 ( online ).
  6. ↑ Resignation before the Biathlon World Cup: the competition leader stumbles over involvement in the Stasi. Spiegel Online , January 12, 2004, accessed November 29, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biathlete
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen