Hans Wagner is a

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der who competed in the late 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1979 FIBT World Championships in

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. Wagner also finished seventh in the four-man event at the

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Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
*Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 562. Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics German male bobsledders Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Olympic bobsledders for West Germany 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub