Wolfgang Matt (model airplane pilot)

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Wolfgang Matt is a Liechtenstein model airplane pilot.

He and his family shaped model flying in the F3A category for decades. Among other things, he was two-time F3A world champion and was named Liechtenstein's Sportsman of the Century in 2000.

In December 2016 he was awarded the Golden Laurel Leaf .

successes

  • 2 × World Champion F3A (1975/1979)
  • 6 × Vice World Champion F3A (1971/1973/1985/1987/1989/1995)
  • 4 × bronze medal World Championship F3A (1977/1981/1993/1997)
  • 5 × European Champion F3A (1976/1984/1988/1992/1994)
  • 4 × Vice European Champion F3A (1986/1990/1996/2000)
  • 2 × bronze medal European Championship F3A (1998/2004)
  • 10 × finalists at the Tournament of Champions (TOC), Las Vegas
  • 2 × 3rd place at the International Air Meet (IAM), Japan
  • 21 × Liechtenstein champion F3A
  • 4 × winners of the Austrian Cup F3A
  • 9 × Swiss champions F3A
  • 1 × Australian champion F3A
  • 1 × South African champion F3A
  • Winner of over 250 international competitions F3A
  • 1992 Award " Sportsman of the Year " in Liechtenstein
  • 2000 Award "Athlete of the Century" in Liechtenstein

Models

Wolfgang Matt, together with his brother Günther Matt and his son Roland Matt, built dozens of F3A models that are still extremely popular in popular model flying today. Such as the sapphire, the diamond or the super star. His current model for F3A competitions is the Oxai Citrin double-decker.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Goldenes Laurel Leaf awarded , December 14, 2016, Liechtensteiner Vaterland
personal data
SURNAME Matt, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liechtenstein model airplane pilot
DATE OF BIRTH before 1971