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| Born | 26 August 1964 Potsdam, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Carsten Wolf (born 26 August 1964) is an East German racing cyclist, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the silver medal at the Olympic games in Seoul 1988.[1][2]
Career
Wolf started cycling at an early age becoming the Individual pursuit World Junior Track Cycling Championships in 1982 at age 18.[3] He also earned a silver medal in the Team pursuit during the same championships.[4]
In 1983 he won his first victory on the road, the prologue of the Olympia's Tour.[4]
In the 1988 Summer Olympics Wolf rode in the 4000m team pursuit. East Germany qualified as fourth fastest and after beating Australia in the playoffs they faced the Soviet Union in the final. They lost by less than one second to the Soviet Union.[5][6]
Wolf spent two years at top level Team Telekom from 1991 to 1992. He ended up leaving the team as Wold wanted to focus more on the Six Day Series.[4]
Major results
Track
- 1981
- 2nd Team pursuit World Junior Track Cycling Championships
- 1982
- World Junior Track Cycling Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1983
- 2nd Team pursuit, World Amateur Track Cycling Championships
- 1987
- 2nd Team pursuit, World Amateur Track Cycling Championships
- 1988
- 2nd 4000m team pursuit Summer Olympic Games
- 1989
- 1st Team pursuit, World Amateur Track Cycling Championships
Six-Days Series
- 1994
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Urs Freuler)
- 1st Six Days of Köln
- 2nd Six Days of Munich (with Urs Freuler)
- 1996
- 1st Six Days of Bremen
- 1st Six Days of Stuttgart
Road
- 1983
- 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Prologue
- 1987
- 1st Stage 11 Olympia's Tour
- 1988
- Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 2, 8, 10 & 14
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1989
- 1st
Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 5, 8, 9 & 11
- 1st
- 1990
- Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 4, 7, 11 & 12
- 1st
- 1991
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Sweden
- 1996
- 2nd Rund um Berlin
References
- ^ Radweltmeisterschaften (Teil 7):
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carsten Wolf Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "World Junior Championships Track Cycling 1982 - Results Men". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Hood, Edmond (3 January 2012). "PEZ Talk: Six Day Legend, Carsten Wolf". PezCycling News. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Seoul 1988Cycling Track Results". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Cycling at the 1988 Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Carsten Wolf". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Carsten Wolf". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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