Wolfgang Junginger

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Wolfgang Junginger (born October 27, 1951 in Stuttgart ; † February 17, 1982 near Osterwald ) was a German ski racer .

Life

Junginger was a member of the German national ski team from 1970 to 1976. During this time he was considered one of the most consistent slalom and giant slalom drivers of the German Ski Association (DSV). In total, he achieved twelve places in the top ten at World Cup races , including two sixth places in the giant slaloms in Anchorage (March 1973) and Saalbach (December 1973).

He achieved the greatest success of his career at the 1974 World Ski Championships in St. Moritz . With the bronze medal in combination, he won the only medal for the men's team of the DSV. He was able to confirm this success two years later at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck with a fourth place in the combination and a sixth place in the slalom. In April 1976 he announced his resignation.

Junginger was killed in a plane crash on February 17, 1982. As a pilot of a twin-engine Piper PA-34 Seneca propeller aircraft , he was with three friends on the way from Munich to Hanover to an international match against Portugal and reported technical difficulties shortly before landing at Hanover Airport . Shortly after 8 p.m., the machine crashed in the Black Moor near Resse near Osterwald . Three of the four inmates lost their lives in the accident. The only survivor at the time was Uli Hoeneß , the manager and later president of FC Bayern Munich .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Column 5, middle: "Ernst Hinterseer leaves the DSV" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 7, 1976, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ↑ New Bavaria Book: How Uli Hoeneß survived a plane crash. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Junginger, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1982
Place of death near Osterwald