Wolfgang Gunkel

{{Short description|East German rower (1948–2020)}}

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| name = Wolfgang Gunkel

| image = Wolfgang Gunkel 1972.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Gunkel in 1972

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|1|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|5|20|1948|1|15|df=y}}{{cite web |author1=Deutscher Ruderverband |title=News: Nachruf auf Wolfgang Gunkel |url=https://www.rudern.de/news/2020/nachruf-auf-wolfgang-gunkel |website=rudern.de |access-date=30 May 2020 |date=29 May 2020}}

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| spouse = Renate Boesler

| height = 192 cm

| weight = 92 kg

| sport = Rowing

| club = Berliner TSC
SC Berlin-Grünau

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1972 Munich | Coxed pair }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1974 Lucerne | Coxed pair }}

{{MedalGold| 1975 Nottingham | Coxed pair }}

{{MedalGold| 1977 Amsterdam | Eight }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold |1971 Copenhagen | Coxed pair }}

{{MedalSilver |1973 Moscow | Coxed pair }}

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Wolfgang Gunkel (15 January 1948 – 20 May 2020){{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/37607 |title=Wolfgang Gunkel |work=Olympedia |access-date=30 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.{{cite news |title=Viele Berliner unter den Ausgezeichneten | trans-title=Many Berliners among the award winners |url= http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19780207-0-11-190-0 |access-date=3 October 2018 |work=Berliner Zeitung |volume=34 |issue=32 |date=7 February 1978 |page=11 | language=de |url-access=registration }}

In the early 1970s, he married fellow international rower Renate Boesler.{{cite news | title=Ruderer verabschiedet | trans-title=Rowers farewelled |url= http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19730521-0-7-178-0 |access-date=23 April 2018 |work=Berliner Zeitung |volume=29 |issue=139 |date=21 May 1973 |page=7 | language=de |url-access=registration }}{{cite news | first=Cornelia | last=Mollenschott |title=Einige Fragen an | trans-title=A few questions for |url= http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2532889X-19750701-0-5-76-0 |access-date=23 April 2018 |work=Neues Deutschland |volume=30 |issue=154 |date=1 July 1975 |page=5 | language=de |url-access=registration }}