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Wolfgang Gunkel
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Gunkel in 1972
Personal information
Born (1948-01-15)15 January 1948
Berlin, Germany
Died 20 May 2020(2020-05-20) (aged 72)
Height 192 cm
Weight 92 kg
Spouse(s) Renate Boesler
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Berliner TSC
SC Berlin-Grünau
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1972 Munich Coxed pair
World Rowing Championships
Silver 1974 Lucerne Coxed pair
Gold 1975 Nottingham Coxed pair
Gold 1977 Amsterdam Eight
European Rowing Championships
Gold 1971 Copenhagen Coxed pair
Silver 1973 Moscow Coxed pair

Wolfgang Gunkel (15 January 1948 – 20 May 2020) was an East German rower who mostly competed in coxed pairs together with Jörg Lucke. In this event he won the European title in 1971, the Olympic gold medal in 1972, and the world title in 1975. His crew placed fourth at the 1968 Olympics. Gunkel won another world title in the men's eight in 1977. In February 1978, he was given the sports awards Honoured Master of Sports.

In the early 1970s, he married fellow international rower Renate Boesler.

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