Uwe Wünsch (born 15 February 1963 in
Frankenberg, Saxony
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It was the site of the Nazi ...
) is an
East German
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cross-country skier who competed in the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the
1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Tied with
Finland
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).
Winsch finished 12th in the 15 km event at a 1983 World Cup event in
Sarajevo
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. He also competed at the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки иг ...
.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Team podiums
*1 podium
Note: Until the
1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
External links
*
1963 births
Living people
People from Frankenberg, Saxony
East German male cross-country skiers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Olympic cross-country skiers for East Germany
Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Skiers from Saxony
People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
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