Carsten Wolf Explained

Carsten Wolf
Birth Date:26 August 1964
Birth Place:Potsdam, East Germany
Proyears1:1991 to 1992
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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.

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 from 1991 to 1992. He ended up leaving the team as Wold wanted to focus more on the Six Day Series.

Major results

Sources:[7] [8]

Track

1981
  • 2nd Team pursuit World Junior Track Cycling Championships
    1982
  • World Junior Track Cycling Championships
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Team pursuit
    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
  • 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour
    1989
  • 1st Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 5, 8, 9 & 11
    1990
  • Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 2, 4, 7, 11 & 12
    1991
  • 1st Stage 7 Tour of Sweden
    1996
  • 2nd Rund um Berlin

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/radsport/hst/8.html Radweltmeisterschaften (Teil 7):
    2. Carsten Wolf Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022415/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/carsten-wolf-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 9 July 2016.
    3. Web site: World Junior Championships Track Cycling 1982 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 25 January 2024.
    4. Web site: Hood . Edmond . PEZ Talk: Six Day Legend, Carsten Wolf . PezCycling News . 25 January 2024 . 3 January 2012.
    5. Web site: Seoul 1988Cycling Track Results . olympics.com . 25 January 2024.
    6. Web site: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 8 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
    7. Web site: Carsten Wolf . FirstCycling.com . 25 January 2024 . en.
    8. Web site: Carsten Wolf . www.procyclingstats.com . 25 January 2024.

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