Carsten Wolf (born 26 August 1964) is an East German racing cyclist, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the silver medal at the Olympic games in Seoul 1988.Radweltmeisterschaften (Teil 7):
Career Wolf started cycling at an early age becoming the Individual pursuit World Junior Track Cycling Championships in 1982 at age 18. He also earned a silver medal in the Team pursuit during the same championships.
In 1983 he won his first victory on the road, the prologue of the Olympia's Tour.
In the 1988 Summer Olympics Wolf rode in the 4000m team pursuit. East Germany qualified as fourth fastest and after beating Australia in the playoffs they faced the Soviet Union in the final. They lost by less than one second to the Soviet Union.
Wolf spent two years at top level from 1991 to 1992. He ended up leaving the team as Wolf wanted to focus more on the Six Day Series.
Major results Sources: Track
1981 2nd Team pursuit World Junior Track Cycling Championships 1982 World Junior Track Cycling Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit 1983 2nd Team pursuit, World Amateur Track Cycling Championships 1987 2nd Team pursuit, World Amateur Track Cycling Championships 1988 2nd 4000m team pursuit Summer Olympic Games 1989 1st Team pursuit, World Amateur Track Cycling Championships
Six-Days Series 1994 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Urs Freuler) 1st Six Days of Köln 2nd Six Days of Munich (with Urs Freuler) 1996 1st Six Days of Bremen 1st Six Days of Stuttgart
Road
1983 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour 1st Prologue 1987 1st Stage 11 Olympia's Tour 1988 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2, 8, 10 & 14 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour 1989 1st Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt 1st Points classification 1st Stages 5, 8, 9 & 11 1990 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2, 4, 7, 11 & 12 1991 1st Stage 7 Tour of Sweden 1996 2nd Rund um Berlin
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