Karl-Heinz Wolf

Biathlete Karl-Heinz Wolf competed at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics representing East Germany. He placed 15th in the 20 km individual event. The same year he won his only East German title in the individual event, adding three silvers and one bronze in the 1970s. His son Alexander also became a world class biathlete.

Karl-Heinz Wolf later became a biathlon coach, first at his home club ASK Vorwärts Oberhof, but later with Moldavia, leading the team at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. He was also a sports administrator in East Germany, and later in the German Biathlon Union and with the International Biathlon Union. He was named the chief organizer of the 2004 Biathlon Worlds at Oberhof, but retired after it became known that he formerly worked intensively with the East German Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Stasi – Ministry for State Security).