Gerhard Wiltfang

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Gerhard Wiltfang
Medal record

Equestrian
Competitor for West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	1972 Munich	Show jumping, Team

Gerhard "Gerd" Wiltfang (27 April 1946, Stuhr, Lower Saxony – 1 July 1997 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.

Wiltfang died in 1997 of heart failure.

References

↑ "Gerhard Wiltfang". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2008.

Olympic Equestrian Champions in Team Jumping

1912: Sweden (Lewenhaupt, Kilman, von Rosen, Rosencrantz)
1920: Sweden (König, von Rosen, Norling, Martin)
1924: Sweden (Thelning, Ståhle, Lundström)
1928: Spain (Navarro, Álvarez, García)
1936: Germany (Hasse, von Barnekow, Brandt)
1948: Mexico (Mariles, Uriza, Valdés)
1952: Great Britain (White, Stewart, Llewellyn)
1956: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Lütke-Westhues)
1960: Germany (Winkler, Thiedemann, Schockemöhle)
1964: Germany (Schridde, Jarasinski, Winkler)
1968: Canada (Day, Gayford, Elder)
1972: West Germany (Ligges, Wiltfang, Steenken, Winkler)
1976: France (Parot, Rozier, Roguet, Roche)
1980: Soviet Union (Chukanov, Poganovsky, Asmaev, Korolkov)
1984: United States (Fargis, Homfeld, Burr Howard, Smith)
1988: West Germany (Beerbaum, Brinkmann, Hafemeister, Sloothaak)
1992: Netherlands (Raijmakers, Romp, Tops, Lansink)
1996: Germany (Sloothaak, Nieberg, Kirchhoff, Beerbaum)
2000: Germany (Beerbaum, Nieberg, Ehning, Becker)
2004: United States (Wylde, Ward, Madden, Kappler)
2008: United States (Ward, Kraut, Simpson, Madden)
2012: Great Britain (Skelton, Maher, Brash, Charles)

Persondata
Name	Wiltfang, Gerhard
Alternative names
Short description	Equestrian
Date of birth	27 April 1946
Place of birth	Stuhr
Date of death	1 July 1997
Place of death

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