Wolfgang Hoppe

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold 1984 Sarajevo Two-man
Gold 1984 Sarajevo Four-man
Silver 1988 Calgary Two-man
Silver 1988 Calgary Four-man
Silver 1992 Albertville Four-man
Bronze 1994 Lillehammer Four-man
World Championships
Gold 1985 Cervinia Two-man
Gold 1986 Königssee Two-man
Gold 1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man
Gold 1991 Altenberg Four-man
Gold 1995 Winterberg Four-man
Gold 1997 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver 1987 St. Moritz Four-man
Bronze 1983 Lake Placid Two-man
Bronze 1987 St. Moritz Two-man
Bronze 1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man
Bronze 1990 St. Moritz Two-man
Bronze 1991 Altenberg Two-man
Bronze 1993 Igls Two-man
Bronze 1996 Calgary Four-man

Wolfgang Hoppe (born November 14, 1957 in Apolda) is an East German-German bobsledder who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won six medals with two golds (Two-man: 1984, Four-man: 1984), three silvers (Two-man: 1988, Four-man: 1988, 1992), and one bronze (1994).

At the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Hoppe carried the flag of Germany, who was competing as a unified nation in the Winter Olympics for the first time since the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Hoppe also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with six golds (Two-man: 1985, 1986, 1989; Four-man: 1991, 1995, 1997), one silver (Four-man: 1987), and seven bronzes (Two-man: 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993; Four-man: 1989, 1996). He also won the Bobsleigh World Cup championship in combined men's (1991-92), two-man (1990-91), and four-man (1991-92, 1995-96).

Hoppe retired from bobsledding after the 1997 FIBT World Championships to become coach of the German national team, coaching such athletes as Susi Erdmann, Sandra Kiriasis, Gabriele Kohlisch, and André Lange.

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