Wilhelm Kuhweide

{{short description|German sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=January 2023|Willi Kuhweide}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Wilhelm Kuhweide | image = Wilhelm Kuhweide.jpg | image_size = | caption = Kuhweide in 1972 | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = | classes = [[Finn (dinghy)|Finn]], [[Star (sailboat)|Star]], [[Soling]] | club = [[Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee]] | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|6 January 1943}} | birth_place = Berlin, [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.84}} | weight = {{convert|88|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | retired = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{EUA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Finn]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Star]] }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Finn Gold Cup]]}} {{MedalGold|1963 Medemblik|Singles}} {{MedalGold|1966 La Baule|Singles}} {{MedalGold|1967 Hanko|Singles}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Star World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1972 Star World Championships|1972 Caracas]]|Doubles}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Star European Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|1971 Cascais|Doubles}} }}

'''Wilhelm''' "'''Willi'''" '''Kuhweide''' ({{IPA|de|ˈvɪli ˈkuːˌvaɪ̯də|-|De-Willi Kuhweide.ogg}}; born 6 January 1943) is a former West German sailor. He competed in one-person [[dinghy]] at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and 1963, 1966 and 1967 world championships and won on all occasions except in 1968. He then changed to two-person and three person [[keelboat]] events and won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics, placing sixth-eighth in 1976 and 1984; he missed the 1980 Moscow Games due to their boycott by West Germany.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/willi-kuhweide-1.html Willi Kuhweide]. sports-reference.com</ref>

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