Ralf Wienand

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRalf•Wienand
Used nameRalf•Wienand
Born7 March 1963 in Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)
Measurements172 cm / 66 kg
AffiliationsKSG Wuppertal, Wuppertal (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

West German flatwater canoeist Ralf Wienand finished sixth in the C-2 500 at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, partnering Wolfram Faust. Both also placed an unfortunate fourth in the C-2 1,000. Wienand later became a youth coach at ESV Wuppertal-Ost.

By profession, he graduated as an electrical engineer, and worked as an engineer for the Wuppertal municipal utilities. There he was responsible as a project manager for the now discontinued automation project for the Wuppertal suspension railway.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) FRG Ralf Wienand
Canadian Doubles, 500 metres, Men (Olympic) Wolfram Faust 6
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) Wolfram Faust 4