Wolfgang Hoppe

{{Short description|East German bobsledder}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Wolfgang Hoppe

| image =Wolfgang Hoppe (GDR) 1990.jpg

| imagesize = 150px

| caption =Wolfgang Hoppe in 1990

| nationality =German

| country = {{GDR}}
{{GER}}

| sport = File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svgBobsleigh (pilot)

| event = 4-man, 2-man

| club = SC Turbine Erfurt (19??-1981)
ASK Vorwärts Oberhof (1981–1989)
WSV Oberhof 05 (1989–1998)

| coach = Raimund Bethge

| retired = 1998

| collegeteam =

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|11|14}}

| birth_place =Apolda, East Germany

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

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| weight ={{convert|89|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| olympics =

| pb = File:Olympic rings.svg {{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{silver2}}{{silver2}}{{bronze3}}

| medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GER}} }}

{{MedalSport|Men's bobsleigh}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1984 Sarajevo|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1984 Sarajevo|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1988 Calgary|Two-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1988 Calgary|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1992 Albertville|Four-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1994 Lillehammer|Four-man}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1985 Cervinia|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1986 Königssee|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1991 Altenberg|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Winterberg|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1997 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1987 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1983 Lake Placid|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1987 St. Moritz|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo|Four-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1990 St. Moritz|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1991 Altenberg|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1993 Igls|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1996 Calgary|Four-man}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup Championships }}

{{MedalGold|1990–91|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1991–92|Combined}}

{{MedalGold|1991–92|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1995–96|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1986–87|Combined}}

{{MedalSilver|1986–87|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1996–97|Four-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1986–87|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1989–90|Combined}}

{{MedalBronze|1990–91|Combined}}

{{MedalBronze|1992–93|Four-man}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships }}

{{MedalGold|1986 Iglis|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1987 Cervinia|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1987 Cervinia|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Altenberg|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1985 St. Moritz|Two-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1985 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1989 Winterberg|Two-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1996 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

{{MedalCompetition|German Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1993|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1994|Four-man}}

{{MedalCompetition | East German Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1985 Oberhof[http://www.bsd-portal.de/index.php?id=208 Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland e. V. (BSD)]|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1986 Altenberg|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1987 Altenberg|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Altenberg|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Altenberg|Four-man}}

{{MedalSport|Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCompetition|East German Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1976|decathlon}}

}}

Wolfgang Hoppe ({{IPA|de|ˈhɔppə}}; born 14 November 1957, Apolda, Thuringia) is a former East German decathlete, bob pilot and 36-time international medal winner who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won six medals with two golds (Two-man: 1984, Four-man: 1984), three silvers (Two-man: 1988, Four-man: 1988, 1992), and one bronze (1994).

At the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Hoppe carried the flag of Germany, who was competing as a unified nation in the Winter Olympics for the first time since the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Hoppe also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with six golds (Two-man: 1985, 1986, 1989; Four-man: 1991, 1995, 1997), one silver (Four-man: 1987), and seven bronzes (Two-man: 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993; Four-man: 1989, 1996). He also won the Bobsleigh World Cup championship in combined men's (1991–92), two-man (1990–91), and four-man (1991–92, 1995–96).

Hoppe, a former army major, retired from bobsledding after the 1997 FIBT World Championships to become coach of the German national team, coaching such athletes as Susi Erdmann, Sandra Kiriasis, Gabriele Kohlisch, and André Lange.

In October 1986, he was awarded a Star of People's Friendship in gold (second class) for his sporting success.{{cite news |title=Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen |trans-title=Awarded high state awards |url=http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19861015-0-6-65-0 |access-date=23 September 2018 |work=Neues Deutschland |volume=42 |issue=243 |date=15 October 1986 |page=6 |language=de |url-access=registration |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052818/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19861015-0-6-65-0 |url-status=dead }}

He is the brother of motocross racer and 37-time medal winner {{ill|Heinz Hoppers (motocross){{!}}Heinz Hoppe|de|Heinz Hoppe (Rennfahrer)}}.