Carsten Wolf

Carsten Wolf

Wolf in 1988
Personal information
Born	(1964-08-26) 26 August 1964 (age 60) Potsdam, East Germany
Professional team
1991 to 1992	Team Telekom
Medal record Men's cycling Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4000 m Pursuit World Championships 1989 Chambéry 4000 m Pursuit

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

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

References

1. Radweltmeisterschaften (Teil 7):
2. 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.
3. "World Junior Championships Track Cycling 1982 - Results Men". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
4. Hood, Edmond (3 January 2012). "PEZ Talk: Six Day Legend, Carsten Wolf". PezCycling News. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
5. "Seoul 1988Cycling Track Results". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
6. "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.
7. "Carsten Wolf". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
8. "Carsten Wolf". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.