Wolfgang Hoppe

About Wolfgang Hoppe

Wolfgang Hoppe is an East German former decathlete, bob pilot and 36-time international medal winner 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).

Career Success:

• 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 a former army major 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.He is the brother of motocross racer and 37-time medal winner Heinz Hoppe.
  

Wolfgang Hoppe Achievements

Medal Records:

Olympic Games

• Gold medal – 1984 Winter OlympicsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1984 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1988 Winter OlympicsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 1988 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1992 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1994 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  

World Championships

• Gold medal – 1985 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1986 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1989 FIBT World ChampionshipsoTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1991 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1995 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1997 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1987 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1983 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1987 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1989 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1990 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1991 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1993 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1996 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  

World Cup Championships

• Gold medal – 1990-91Two-man
  
• Gold medal – 1991-92Combined
  
• Gold medal – 1991-92Four-man
  
• Gold medal – 1995-96Four-man
  
• Silver medal – 1986-87Combined
  
• Silver medal – 1986-87Four-man
  
• Silver medal – 1996-97Four-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1986-87Two-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1989-90Combined
  
• Bronze medal – 1990-91Combined
  
• Bronze medal – 1992-93Four-man
  

European Championships

• Gold medal – 1986 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1987 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1987 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1995 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1985 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 1985 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1989 European ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 1996 European ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• German Championships
  
• Gold medal – 1993Four-man
  
• Gold medal – 1994Four-man
  

East German Championships

• Gold medal – 1985 OberhofTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1986 AltenbergTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1987 AltenbergFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1988 AltenbergTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1988 AltenbergFour-man
  

East German Junior Championships

• Silver medal – 1976decathlon