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Wolfgang Gunkel

Gunkel in 1972

Personal information

Born

15 January 1948
Berlin, Germany

Died

20 May 2020 (aged 72)^[1]

Height

192 cm (6 ft 4 in)

Weight

92 kg (203 lb)

Spouse

Renate Boesler

Sport

Rowing

Club

Berliner TSC
SC Berlin-Grünau

Medal record

Men's rowing

Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	Coxed pair
World Rowing Championships
	1974 Lucerne	Coxed pair
	1975 Nottingham	Coxed pair
	1977 Amsterdam	Eight
European Rowing Championships
	1971 Copenhagen	Coxed pair
	1973 Moscow	Coxed pair

Wolfgang Gunkel (15 January 1948 – 20 May 2020)^[2] was an East German rower who mostly competed in coxed pairs together with Jörg Lucke. In this event he won the European title in 1971, the Olympic gold medal in 1972, and the world title in 1975.^[3] His crew placed fourth at the 1968 Olympics.^[4] Gunkel won another world title in the men's eight in 1977.^[5] In February 1978, he was given the sports awards Honoured Master of Sports.^[6]

In the early 1970s, he married fellow international rower Renate Boesler.^[7]^[8]

References

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^ Deutscher Ruderverband (29 May 2020). "News: Nachruf auf Wolfgang Gunkel". rudern.de. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Wolfgang Gunkel". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften Zweier mit Steuermann – Herren, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.). sports-reference.com
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wolfgang Gunkel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ Wolfgang GUNKEL at World Rowing
^ "Viele Berliner unter den Ausgezeichneten" [Many Berliners among the award winners]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 34, no. 32. 7 February 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ "Ruderer verabschiedet" [Rowers farewelled]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 29, no. 139. 21 May 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ Mollenschott, Cornelia (1 July 1975). "Einige Fragen an" [A few questions for]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 30, no. 154. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2018.