Wolfram Waibel senior

Wolfram Waibel (born July 1, 1947 in Hohenems , Vorarlberg ) is a former Austrian sports shooter .

He took part in a total of nine shooting sports competitions at five different Summer Olympics , and never got beyond 13th place. However, he achieved 75 national championship titles and several medals at world and European championships.

His son Wolfram Waibel junior took part in four Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal. Father and son took part in the KK prone competition in Barcelona in 1992 . The son finished 11th, Waibel senior took 31st place.

Participation in the Olympic Games

• Barcelona 1992

  KK prone fight: 31st place

• Moscow 1980

  Small-bore free rifle (3x40): 24th place

  KK prone fight: 25th place

• Montreal 1976

  Small-bore free rifle (3x40): 40th place

  KK prone fight: 20th place

• Munich 1972

  Small-bore free rifle (3x40): 25th place

  KK prone fight: 13th place

• Mexico City 1968

  Small-bore free rifle (3x40): 32nd place

  KK prone fight: 53rd place

Medals at major events

• European Championships 1993: Bronze in the KK prone fight
• European Championships 1989: Silver in the KK prone fight
• European Championships 1979: Bronze in the KK prone fight
• World Championship 1974: Bronze in the KK prone fight
• World Championship 1970: silver in the 50 m kneeling
• European Championships 1969: Silver in the KK prone fight

Web links

• Wolfram Waibel senior in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Vorarlberg Chronicle
• Wolfram Waibel senior in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)