Gerhard Wiltfang
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 1997 (aged 51) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||
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Gerhard "Gerd" Wiltfang (27 April 1946 in Stuhr, Lower Saxony – 1 July 1997 in Thedinghausen) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[1] In 1978, he won the World Championship in show jumping, and in 1982 the silver medal.
Witfang was married to Rita, with whom he had three children. They divorced and she later married Alwin Schockemöhle.[2]
Wiltfang died in 1997 of heart failure.
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- 1946 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Diepholz (district)
- German male equestrians
- Olympic equestrians for West Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
- Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians from Lower Saxony
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- German equestrian Olympic medalist stubs