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Ulrich Wehling

Wehling in 1976
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo Individual
Gold medal – first place 1976 Innsbruck Individual
Gold medal – first place 1980 Lake Placid Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Falun Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Lahti Individual

Ulrich Wehling (born 8 July 1952 in Halle) is a retired German skier who won the nordic combined event in the Winter Olympics three consecutive times, in 1972, 1976, and 1980. Wehling was the first man to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event at Winter Olympics but not the first Olympian to win three Gold in a winter discipline as Gillis Grafström had won a figure skating title at the Summer Olympics 1920 before winning twice at the first two Winter Olympics.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Wehling won two Nordic combined medals with a gold in 1974 and a bronze in 1978. Wehling also won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival three straight years (1975–1977). For his successes in the Nordic combined, he received the Holmenkollen medal in 1976. He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Springer".

Wehling is currently FIS Race Director for the Nordic combined, a role he also did for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo. He now lives in Switzerland.

Other successes

  • 1971 junior European champion
  • 1975 GDR masters
  • 1976 GDR master
  • 1977 GDR master
  • 1978 GDR master
  • 1979 GDR master

Citations

  1. "STASI: Geheimtreff in der Villa". Der Spiegel. No. 10. 5 March 2007.

References

Olympic champions in Nordic combined 10 km individual normal hill
18 km/ 15 km individual
10 km individual normal hill
World champions in Nordic combined 10 km individual normal hill
18 km / 15 km individual
10 km individual normal hill
Holmenkollen Medal
Until 1900
1900–1950
1951–2000
Since 2001
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