Manfred Wolf
Manfred Wolf ( born January 11, 1948 in Steinbach- Hallenberg ) is a former German ski jumper. From 1969 to 1973 he held with 165 m world record in ski flying.
Career
The son of middle-class entrepreneurs with Western kinship trained as a toolmaker and was not initially funded athletic in the GDR. He started at SC Steinbach- Hallenberg with the ski jumping and was later delegated to the SC motor Zella- Mehlis, where he was trained as before Helmut Recknagel by Hans Renner. During his military service wolf came forward to ASK Brotterode, where he was encouraged by Werner Lesser. The launching of the ASK forward Oberhof Springer was regarded as the successor of Helmut Recknagel. This was also jeh has always been the model of 1.76 meters wide and 74 -pound wolf. After his successes in Zakopane and Spindleruv Mlyn Wolf came into the delivery of the squad Ski Association, said his coach Lesser vouched for him. On March 23, 1969 in Planica wolf presented with a new 165 m ski flying world record. After his crash on the Oberhof Thüringen hill in the summer of 1970, the original Telemark Springer changed his style and was Kachler. After the success of the new Skispringergeneration to Aschenbach Wolf 1974 scrapped at ASK forward Oberhof. Then Wolf graduated as a mechanical engineer.
Wolf is now an entrepreneur in Steinbach- Hallenberg and lives in Viernau. He is married and has a daughter and a son.