Wolfgang Wienand

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Wolfgang Wienand (born February 22, 1972 in Cologne ) is a German manager and was one of the most successful German fencers of the 1990s. He took part in two Olympic Games , won several medals at world and European championships and was German champion several times. Since 2019 he has been Chief Executive Officer of Siegfried AG in Switzerland .

Life and professional career

Wienand studied chemistry at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and received his doctorate in organic and bioorganic chemistry at the University of Cologne in 2002 . He also holds an Executive Master’s Degree in International Finance from the HEC École des hautes études commerciales de Paris (2017). After starting his professional career at the German specialty chemicals group Evonik Industries AG (formerly Degussa AG ), he has been a member of the Executive Board of Siegfried AG , a chemical-pharmaceutical company in Switzerland, since 2010 . Wolfgang Wienand has headed the Siegfried Group as Chief Executive Officer since 2019 .

Athletic career

As a foil fencer, Wienand was a long-time member of the national team of the German Fencing Federation and the German Olympic teams of Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. Outstanding achievements in his career, which was also marked by injuries, included a. winning the youth world championship in 1989 in Lisbon , fourth place at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, winning the bronze medal at the 1999 world championships in Seoul and the silver medal at the 1998 European championships in Plovdiv , where he was also European champion with the team , as well as the overall World Cup victory in 1997. Wienand was world number one for a long time and achieved a total of seven World Cup victories. In addition, he was several times German champion in individual and with the team.

Since 1991 his coach has been the future national coach for foil Frank-Eberhard Höltje, who previously supervised the GDR selection of foil juniors and participated in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow as a sword fencer for the GDR . Wienand was previously trained by Manfred Kaspar, the former national trainer for epee and sports director of the German Fencing Association . His home club is the Olympic Fencing Club Bonn .

Wolfgang Wienand was a leading figure within the German national team. After the Olympic Games in 2000, he ended his successful sports career in order to devote himself to completing his doctorate and his professional career.

Awards

  • Germany's fencer of the year 1996
  • Germany's young fencer of the year 1989

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Message about Wolfgang Wienand from Siegfried in the Handelszeitung on May 21, 2010
  2. ^ Message about Wolfgang Wienand at Siegfried in CHEManager from March 21, 2017
  3. ↑ Notification Wolfgang Wienand with Siegfried in the NZZ from June 4, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Wienand, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German foil fencer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne