Wolfram Waibel (1 July 1947 – 13 December 2023) was an Austrian Olympic
sports shooter
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competitor. He competed in five Olympic Games.
Waibel never won an Olympic medal, but he won a silver medal at the 1970 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1974 World Championships. He also won four medals at the European Shooting Championships.
His son,
Wolfram Waibel Jr. won two medals shooting rifle at the
1996 Olympic Games
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in Atlanta.
Waibel died on 13 December 2023, at the age of 76.
See also
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List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
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1947 births
2023 deaths
ISSF rifle shooters
Austrian male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for Austria
Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
People from Hohenems
20th-century Austrian sportsmen
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