Georg Heinrich Willem (Wim) Thoelke (9 May 1927 – 26 November 1995) was a German TV entertainer.
Wim Thoelke worked during the 1960s and 1970s for TV sport serie ''das aktuelle sportstudio'' on German channel ZDF. He was host of the TV game shows and in the 1970s and 1980s.
Thoelke was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He was married and had two children. He died in , a district of Niedernhausen.
Awards
* 1966: Goldene Kamera in category team camera for .
* 1970: Bambi Award
* 1975: Goldene Kamera in category Best gameshow-moderator for and (3rd place Hörzu readers' choice)
Literature
* ''Wim Thoelke: Stars, Kollegen und Ganoven – eine Art Autobiographie''. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995,
External links
Wim Thoelkein German National Library
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German sports journalists
German sports broadcasters
German game show hosts
German male journalists
20th-century German journalists
1927 births
1995 deaths
People from Mülheim
ZDF people
ZDF heute presenters and reporters