Wilf Wedmann (April 17, 1948 – November 2021) was a Canadian

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er, who represented his native country at the

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. A resident of Gloucester, British Columbia, he claimed the silver medal in the men's high jump event at the 1971 Pan American Games in

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. Wedmann died in November 2021, at the age of 73.SFU’s first Olympian & Rhodes Scholar, former AD Wilf Wedmann remembered
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1948 births 2021 deaths Place of birth missing Canadian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub