Ulrich Wehling Biography - Olympic Competition, Move To Switzerland, Chronology, Awards And Accomplishments
november combined nordic skier
1952-
German skier
East German skier Ulrich Wehling is one of six competitors who have won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same event—the Nordic Combined. After retiring from skiing, he moved to Switzerland, and is a member of the National Olympic Committee in Germany. In 2002, he was named to Bud Greenspan's list of 25 Greatest Winter Olympians.
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At the age of 19, Wehling participated in the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan, in the Nordic Combined event, which consists of two ski jumps and a 15km race. A self-proclaimed "nobody," he went on to win the gold medal in the Nordic Combined with a total point score of 413.340. Wehling was said to have "stolen" the gold medal from the Finnish star Rauno Miettinen, …
Wehling retired from competition immediately following his third Olympic victory in Lake Placid. He became a member of the skiing association in East Germany in Berlin, a member of the National Olympic Committee in Germany, and held the post of president of the GDR ski federation. Although he had been working in Berlin, he moved to Seftigen, Switzerland where, for the past ten years, he has been r…
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