Wolfgang Junginger

Wolfgang Junginger ( born October 27, 1951 in Stuttgart, † February 17, 1982 in Osterwald ) was a German alpine skier.

Junginger belonged from 1970 to 1976, the German National Ski Team. During this time, he was considered one of the most consistent slalom and giant slalom of the German Ski Association ( DSV). Overall, he reached in the course of his career at the World Cup race twelve times placings in the top ten, including two sixth places in the giant slalom in Anchorage ( March 1973 ) and Saalbach ( December 1973).

The greatest success of his career he succeeded at the World Ski Championships 1974 in St. Moritz. With the bronze medal in the combination he won the only medal for the men's team of DSV. He was two years later confirmed at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck with a fourth place in the combination and a sixth place in the slalom this success.

Junginger was born on 17 February 1982 in a plane crash. As a pilot of a twin-engine propeller aircraft he reported shortly before landing at the airport Hanover technical difficulties. Shortly thereafter, the plane crashed near Osterwald in Heitlinger Moor. Three of the four occupants lost their lives in the accident. Lone Survivor was then Uli Hoeness, manager and later president of Bayern Munich.