{{Short description|Swiss wheelchair racer (born 1972)}} {{for|the American poet and philanthropist|Edith Anisfield Wolf}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = yellow | name = Edith Wolf | image = Edith Wolf at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.png | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels. !--> | caption = Wolf competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. | birth_name = Edith Hunkeler | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Swiss | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|7|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Altishofen, Switzerland<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/902140 olympedia.org]</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|168|cm|ftin}} | weight = <!-- {{convert| |kg|lb}} (2012) !--> | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} !--> | country = {{flagu|Switzerland}} | sport = Athletics | event = Wheelchair racing | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = 2015 | disability_class=T54 | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Switzerland}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}} {{Medal|Gold | 2008 Beijing | Marathon – T54}} {{Medal|Gold | 2012 London | 5000m – T54}} {{Medal|Silver | 2004 Athens | 1500m – T54}} {{Medal|Silver | 2004 Athens | 5000m – T54}} {{Medal|Silver | 2012 London | 800m – T54}} {{Medal|Silver | 2012 London | 1500m – T54}} {{Medal|Bronze| 2008 Beijing | 1500m – T54}} {{Medal|Bronze | 2012 London | 400m – T54}} }}
'''Edith Wolf''' (née '''Hunkeler''', born 30 July 1972)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/1207968.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: HUNKELER, Edith |date=2008 |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |accessdate=2009-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918223151/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/1207968.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-18 }}</ref> is a Swiss former wheelchair racer, who competed in the T54 classification. Wolf competed at a range of distances from 400m to marathon length events and is a multiple World and Paralympic Games winner. Wolf has also eight major marathon titles to her name having won the women's wheelchair race at the Berlin Marathon (2011), Boston Marathon (2002 and 2006) and New York Marathon (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009).
==Personal history== Hunkeler was in a car accident at age 22 which left her a paraplegic. She began wheelchair racing two years later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EEDA143EF934A35752C1A9639C8B63|title=THE 36TH RUNNING / NEW YORK CITY MARATHON: WHEELCHAIR; After a Bumpy Challenge, A Road Record and Sore Arms |last=Litsky|first=Frank|date=7 November 2005|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref>
==Athletics career== At the 2004 Olympic Games, she finished 6th in the demonstration sport of Women's 800m wheelchair. She also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where she won a silver medal in both the 1500 metre and 5000 metre races. At the 2008 Paralympics, she took bronze in the 1500 metres and a gold in the marathon. She advanced to the finals of the 5000 metres, but crashed and caused a pile-up shortly before the end of the race. She broke her collarbone in the accident and was disqualified from participating in the re-run of the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7605690.stm|title=Woods determined to secure medal |date=10 September 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2009-07-08}}</ref>
She won the women's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009. She was honored by New York Road Runners on November 1, 2018, during TCS New York City Marathon Race Week.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.letemps.ch/sport/une-suissesse-pantheon-marathon|title=Une Suissesse au panthéon du marathon|last=de Graffenried|first=Valérie|date=2018-11-03|work=Le Temps|language=fr}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IPC|edith-wolf|old_id=687895}} * [https://www.swissparalympic.ch/athleten-archiv/edith-wolf-hunkeler/ Edith Wolf-Hunkeler] at the Swiss Paralympic Committee {{in lang|de|fr}}
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