Wolfgang Bartels (14 July 1940 – 6 February 2007) was a German

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

who competed for the

United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes f ...

in the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

. He was born in

Bischofswiesen Bischofswiesen is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe af ...

and died in

Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden Ramsau is a German municipality in the Bavarian Alps with a population of around 1,800. It is a district located in the Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, close to the border with Austria, 35 km south of Salzburg and 150 km south-east of ...

. In 1964 he won the bronze medal in the Alpine downhill event. In the slalom competition he finished ninth. He also competed in the giant slalom contest but did not finish the race.

References

* 1940 births 2007 deaths German male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics 20th-century German people {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub