Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Wolfgang•Klein |
Used name | Wolfgang•Klein |
Born | 28 January 1941 in Hannover, Niedersachsen (GER) |
Died | 15 September 2017 in Hamburg, Hamburg (GER) |
Measurements | 181 cm / 78 kg |
Affiliations | Hamburger SV, Hamburg (GER) |
NOC | Germany |
Nationality | West Germany |
Wolfgang Klein was German Indoor Champion in the long jump for four consecutive years (1961-1964) and was German Outdoor Champion in 1963 and 1964. He competed at the 1962 European Championship, qualifying for the final, but having to withdraw with an injury. At the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 he came in tenth. He later studied law and became president of the football club Hamburger Sportverein from 1979 to 1987.
Personal Best: LJ – 7.90 (1964).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1964 Summer Olympics | Athletics | GER | FRG | Wolfgang Klein | |||
Long Jump, Men (Olympic) | 10 |