Augie Wolf

Wolf studied and trained at Princeton University from 1979 to 1983, becoming the record-holder in the Ivy League with a throw of 67-2. After training in Leverkusen, Germany, with TSV Bayer 04 he placed 2nd in the 1984 Olympic Trials, earning a spot on the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics, placing fourth in the shot put competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/sports/29track.html |title=Diverse Interests, One Goal |access-date=July 25, 2012 |date=April 28, 2011 |work=The New York Times |author=Longman, Jere}} Wolf won the Indoor National title at the February 1984 USA-Mobil Indoor Track and Field Championship at the Madison Square Garden with a throw of {{convert|69|ft|0.75|in|m|2}}.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9CNKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NSINAAAAIBAJ&pg=6845,3015714&dq=augie-wolf&hl=en |title=Unenthused Lewis Win Indoor Long Jump Titles |access-date=July 25, 2012 |date=February 25, 1984 |work=The Press-Courier |author=Rosenthal, Bert}} He was the 1984 United States National champion.{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/mSP.asp |title=USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions: Men's Shot Put |access-date=July 24, 2012 |publisher=USA Track & Field |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125005943/http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/mSP.asp |archive-date=January 25, 2012 }} Wolf placed fifth at the 1983 World University Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/augie-wolf-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/augie-wolf-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Augie Wolf |access-date=July 25, 2012}} Wolf's career personal bests were {{convert|21.73|m|ftin|1}} in the shot put and {{convert|63.73|m|ftin|1}} in the discus throw.

During his athletic career, Wolf was involved in one drug testing violation. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) initially banned Wolf for life after ruling he had refused post-match testing on July 7, 1985, in Byrkjelo, Norway.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OUYsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2s4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5776,5672136&dq=augie-wolf&hl=en |title=Nehemiah, Gault May Be Eligible |access-date=July 25, 2012 |date=February 23, 1986 |work=Herald-Journal}} Supported by the USA Track & Field Federation, he appealed citing errors in the testing notification. The ban was reduced to an eighteen-month suspension and he returned to competition in 1987.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/15/sports/shot-putter-banned-for-refusing-test.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTrack%20and%20Field |title=Shot-putter Banned for Refusing Test |access-date=July 31, 2012 |date=October 15, 1985 |work=The New York Times |first=Frank |last=Litsky}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1988/07/25/118059/the-old-men-and-the-discus-a-hallowed-event-is-dominated-by-a-small-group-of-large-men-of-often-advanced-age-who-are-motivated-by-both-friendship-and-enmity |title=The Old Men and the Discus |access-date=May 8, 2018 |date=July 25, 1988 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Kenny |last=Moore}}

Wolf was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota,{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/05/sports/wolf-of-princeton-has-large-talents.html |title=Wolf of Princeton Has Large Talents |access-date=July 25, 2012 |date=June 5, 1981 |work=The New York Times |author=Litsky, Frank}} and is a 1983 graduate of Princeton University.{{cite web |url=http://usathletictrust.org/about-us/officers/ |title=Officers & Advisors |access-date=May 7, 2018 |publisher=U.S. Athletic Trust }} He works for Lebenthal Wealth Advisors{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} and is on the Board of Holborn.

He has four children. One son, A.J., born 1994, redshirted as a college football sophomore defensive tackle for the 2014 Duke Blue Devils.{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2012&org=193&player=93 |title=Team: Duke: Year: 2012 Thru 01/12/13: Player: A.J. Wolf |access-date=February 24, 2013 |date=January 12, 2013 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association}} A.J. was a four-time New York State NYSAIS Champion in the shot put and discus, and a Junior National shot put champion.{{cite web |url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205497343 |title=A.J. Wolf Bio |access-date=July 25, 2012 |publisher=GoDuke.com}} He was also a four-year letterman and two-time New York State Sportswriters Association (NYSSWA) All-State selection in football.{{cite web |url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205497343 |title=#93 A.J. Wolf |access-date=February 24, 2013 |publisher=GoDuke.com}} Son Alexander was 2014 Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year in the State of Connecticut and will attended and play for Dartmouth College in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.usatodayhss.com/article/connecticut-boys-basketball-poy-alex-wolf |title=Connecticut Boys Basketball POY: Alex Wolf |access-date=July 23, 2014 |work=USA Today |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720134408/http://www.usatodayhss.com/article/connecticut-boys-basketball-poy-alex-wolf |archive-date=July 20, 2014}} Son Andrew will attend University of Connecticut in 2014. Daughter Abbie will be a junior at Greenwich High School.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}h

Wolf founded and leads US Athletic Trust, a sport NGO providing support and advocacy for American Olympic athletes,{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160804-many-olympians-struggle-just-to-make-ends-meet|title=Many Olympians struggle just to make ends meet|date=August 2, 2016|work=BBC|author=Johanson, Mark}} and was named Trustee of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation in 2014. After the series of U.S. Olympic scandals in 2018,{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/larry-nassar-wasnt-the-only-abuser-in-olympic-sports/2018/04/05/1bfdf994-3809-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html|title=Larry Nassar wasn't the only abuser in Olympic sports|date=April 5, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|author=Wolf, August and Harrison, Kayla}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/02/olympic-committee-gymnastics-sex-scandal-pay-athletes-column/476965002/|title=U.S. Olympic Committee has run off the rails. Time to refocus on putting athletes first|date=April 2, 2018|work=USA Today|author=Wolf, August}} he also cofounded Olympians Rising, a non-profit group of Olympians and friends supporting urgent reform to the U.S. Olympic Committee and rebuilding the U.S. Olympic program from the ground up.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympiansrising.org/our_team |title=Our Team |access-date=May 7, 2018 |publisher=Olympians Rising |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508121602/https://www.olympiansrising.org/our_team |archive-date=May 8, 2018 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/olympians-call-for-overhaul-of-u-s-olympic-committee-chairmans-ouster-1521279003|title=Olympians Call for Overhaul of U.S. Olympic Committee, Chairman's Ouster|date=March 17, 2018 |work=The Wall Street Journal |author=Radnofsky, Louise}} He is also on the Board of the Friends of Princeton Track.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

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Wolf sought to be the 2016 Republican candidate for Connecticut's U.S. Senate seat, currently held by Democrat Richard Blumenthal. He was defeated by state representative Dan Carter at the state Republican convention on May 9, securing less than the 15% of delegates required for an automatic primary.{{cite web |url=http://patch.com/connecticut/monroe/state-rep-dan-carter-wins-gop-nomination-state-senate-run-0 |title=State Rep Dan Carter Wins GOP Nomination for State Senate Run |date=May 10, 2016 |publisher=The Patch |access-date=May 10, 2016}} On May 11, Wolf announced that he would attempt to force a primary by collecting the signatures of 8,079 registered Republicans by June 7.{{cite news |last1=Altimari |first1=Daniela |title=Rejected by GOP, An Angry August Wolf Seeks Primary |url=http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-august-wolf-gop-20160511-story.html |access-date=May 21, 2016 |work=Hartford Courant |date=May 11, 2016}}

On October 19, 2015, billionaire, industrialist David Koch held a fundraiser for three Senators and August Wolf in his campaign for United States Senate against Blumenthal.{{cite web |url=http://ctmirror.org/2015/10/19/koch-brother-hosting-fundraiser-for-blumenthal-rival/ |title=Koch brother hosting fundraiser for Blumenthal rival |access-date=July 1, 2016 |date=October 19, 2015 |work=The Connecticut Mirror |author=Radelat, Ana}}

On June 1, 2016, The Hartford Courant reported that a former campaign staffer Samantha Menh filed a suit against the Campaign, August Wolf, and Campaign manager Baylor Myers, alleging breach of contract. The lawsuit also claimed Wolf violated federal and Connecticut campaign laws, and cited several unsubstantiated claims of untoward behavior.{{cite web |url=http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-august-wolf-lawsuit-story.html |title=August Wolf Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Lawsuit By Ex-Staffer |access-date=June 9, 2016 |date=June 1, 2016 |work=Hartford Courant |author=Blair, Russell}} It was said by the attorney representing Baylor Myers that "we will present evidence that Ms. Menh had planned to quit her job with that previous employer and bring a false claim of sexual harassment to leverage a settlement. The allegations made in this lawsuit are false and we can prove it.” {{Cite web|url=http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Sexual-harassment-lawsuit-filed-against-7956988.php|title=Sexual harassment lawsuit filed against GOP Senate candidate|date=June 2, 2016}} On October 19, 2022, six and a half years after Ms. Menh had filed her original complaint, Ms. Menh voluntarily withdrew her complaint against Wolf, without any financial settlement. A jury trial had been scheduled on commence on November 1, 2022, less than two weeks later.{{Cite web |url=https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=23772481 |title=Civil Inquiry |access-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121142755/https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=23772481 |url-status=dead }}

After gaining the support of over 17% of the delegates in the first round of voting (over the 15% hurdle for ballot access), Wolf's supporters were then aggressively lobbied by Super Delegates, and about 50 switched to Carter before the final tally. Upon failing to secure 15% of the delegates at the State Republican Convention, Wolf decided to petition onto the primary ballot.{{cite web |url=http://ctmirror.org/2016/05/11/wolf-petitions-for-ct-sen-primary-says-gop-convention-rigged/ |title=Wolf to petition for Senate primary, calls GOP convention 'rigged' |access-date=July 1, 2016 |date=May 11, 2016 |work=The Connecticut Mirror |author=Pazniokas, Mark}}

He failed to gather the required signatures of 2% of registered Republican voters, 8,079, and the state Secretary of State verified just 5,280 signatures on June 21, 2016. August Wolf failed to force a primary with party endorsed candidate Dan Carter.{{cite web |url=http://ctmirror.org/2016/06/21/with-parting-shot-at-insiders-august-wolf-folds-his-campaign-tent/ |title=With parting shot at 'insiders,' August Wolf folds his campaign |access-date=July 1, 2016 |date=June 21, 2016 |work=The Connecticut Mirror |author=Pazniokas, Mark}} He then suspended his campaign.{{cite web |url=http://www.thewestonforum.com/65782/news-alert-august-wolf-suspends-senate-campaign/ |title=News Alert: August Wolf suspends senate campaign |access-date=July 1, 2016 |date=June 21, 2016 |work=The Weston Forum |author=Menti, Gregory |archive-date=June 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622131945/http://www.thewestonforum.com/65782/news-alert-august-wolf-suspends-senate-campaign/ |url-status=dead }}

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• {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/augie-wolf-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/augie-wolf-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Augie Wolf}}
• [http://ballotpedia.org/August_Wolf Biography] at Ballotpedia
• [http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/August_Wolf.htm Issue positions and quotes] at On the Issues

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