Wolfgang Hottenrott (born 13 June 1940) is a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany. He was born in

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. Hottenrott received a bronze medal in coxless pair at the

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. He won a gold medal in coxed eight at the

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, as a member of the rowing team from West Germany.Profile: Wolfgang Hottenrott
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 12 December 2008) At the 1972 Games, he finished fifth with the West Germany boat in the eight event.

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1940 births Living people West German male rowers Olympic rowers for West Germany Olympic rowers for the United Team of Germany Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Sportspeople from Hanover Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century German people {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub