# Wilhelm Kuhweide

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German sailor

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Wilhelm Kuhweide Kuhweide in 1972 Personal information Born 6 January 1943 (1943-01-06) (age 83) Berlin, Germany Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Weight 88 kg (194 lb) Sailing career Sport Sailing Club Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee Class(es) Finn, Star, Soling

**Wilhelm** "**Willi**" **Kuhweide** (German pronunciation: [\[ˈvɪli ˈkuːˌvaɪ̯də\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Willi_Kuhweide.ogg); born 6 January 1943) is a former West German sailor. He competed in one-person [dinghy](/source/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](/source/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.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Willi Kuhweide](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/willi-kuhweide-1.html). sports-reference.com

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- [Wilhelm Kuhweide](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/wilhelm-kuhweide) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

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v t e Olympic champions in Finn 1952: Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) 1956: Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) 1960: Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) 1964: Wilhelm Kuhweide (EUA) 1968: Valentin Mankin (URS) 1972: Serge Maury (FRA) 1976: Jochen Schümann (GDR) 1980: Esko Rechardt (FIN) 1984: Russell Coutts (NZL) 1988: José Luis Doreste (ESP) 1992: José van der Ploeg (ESP) 1996: Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL) 2000: Iain Percy (GBR) 2004: Ben Ainslie (GBR) 2008: Ben Ainslie (GBR) 2012: Ben Ainslie (GBR) 2016: Giles Scott (GBR) 2020: Giles Scott (GBR)

v t e World champions in Finn 1956: André Nelis 1957: Jürgen Vogler 1958: Paul Elvstrøm 1959: Paul Elvstrøm 1960: Vernon Stratton 1961: André Nelis 1962: Arne Åkerson 1963: Wilhelm Kuhweide 1964: Hubert Raudaschl 1965: Jürgen Mier 1966: Wilhelm Kuhweide 1967: Wilhelm Kuhweide 1968: Henning Wind 1969: Thomas Lundqvist 1970: Jörg Bruder 1971: Jörg Bruder 1972: Jörg Bruder 1973: Serge Maury 1974: Henry Spraque 1975: Magnus Olin 1976: Chris Law 1977: Joaquín Blanco 1978: John Bertrand 1979: Cameron Lewis 1980: Cameron Lewis 1981: Wolfgang Gerz 1982: Lasse Hjortnæs 1983: Paul van Cleve 1984: Lasse Hjortnæs 1985: Lasse Hjortnæs 1986: Stig Westergaard 1987: José Luis Doreste 1988: Thomas Schmid 1989: Stig Westergaard 1990: Hank Lammens 1991: Hank Lammens 1992: Eric Mergenthaler 1993: Philippe Presti 1994: Fredrik Lööf 1995: Hans Spitzauer 1996: Philippe Presti 1997: Fredrik Lööf 1998: Mateusz Kusznierewicz 1999: Fredrik Lööf 2000: Mateusz Kusznierewicz 2001: Sébastien Godefroid 2002: Ben Ainslie 2003: Ben Ainslie 2004: Ben Ainslie 2005: Ben Ainslie 2006: Jonas Høgh-Christensen 2007: Rafael Trujillo 2008: Ben Ainslie 2009: Jonas Høgh-Christensen 2010: Edward Wright 2011: Giles Scott 2012: Ben Ainslie 2013: Jorge Zarif 2014: Giles Scott 2015: Giles Scott 2016: Giles Scott 2017: Max Salminen 2018: Zsombor Berecz 2019: Josh Junior 2020: cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021: Andy Maloney 2022: Pieter-Jan Postma 2023: Edward Wright

v t e World champions in Star 1923: Inslee & Nelson 1924: Robinson & Knapp 1925: Iselin & Willis 1926: Comstock & Gidley 1927: Hubbard & Edwards 1928: Edrington & Gray 1929: G. Johnson & L. Johnson 1930: Knapp & Weed 1931: McHugh & Watkins 1932: Fink & Thorne 1933: Waterhouse & Metcalf 1934: Beardslee & Lehmann 1935: Beardslee & Lehmann 1936: Iselin & Horder 1937: Wegeforth & Phillips 1938: von Hütschler & Weise 1939: von Hütschler & Beyn 1940: J. Cowie & G. Cowie 1941: Fleitz & Severence 1942: Nye & Fahlstrom 1943: Deacon & Roehm 1944: Driscoll & Burnham 1945: Burnham & North 1946: Fleitz & Krug 1947: Knowles & Levin 1948: Pirie & Rugeroni 1949: Nye & Fahlström 1950: Lippincott & Levin 1951: E. W. Etchells & M. Etchelles 1952: Straulino & Rode 1953: Straulino & Rode 1954: de Cárdenas & de Cárdenas Jr. 1955: de Cárdenas & de Cárdenas Jr. 1956: Straulino & Rode 1957: North & Hill 1958: Ficker & Yorston 1959: North & Carlile 1960: North & Skahill 1961: W. E. Buchan & Knight 1962: Stearns & L. Williams 1963: Duplin & Dolan 1964: D. Edler & K. Edler 1965: Bever & Lewsadder 1966: Elvstrøm & Albrechtson 1967: Elvstrøm & Mik-Meyer 1969: Petterson & Schröder 1970: W. E. Buchan & Sutter 1971: Conner & J. Reynolds 1972: Kuhweide & Meyer 1973: North & Barrett 1974: Blackaller & Anderson 1975: Schoonmaker & Ford 1976: Allsopp & Guhin 1977: Conner & Anderson 1978: Melges & Josenhans 1979: Melges & Josenhans 1980: Blackaller & Shaw 1981: Hagen & Hösch 1982: Gorostegui & Doreste 1983: Gorostegui & Doreste 1984: Gorla & Peraboni 1985: W. E. Buchan & Erickson 1986: Brun & Schreiner 1987: Adams & Olsen 1988: Cayard & Erickson 1989: Adler & Falcão 1990: T. Grael & Ferreira 1991: Benamati & Salani 1992: W. C. Buchan & Schreiner 1993: Londrigan & Trinter 1994: MacDonald & Jespersen 1995: M. Reynolds & Haenel 1996: Chieffi & Sinibaldi 1997: Hagen & Ferreira 1998: Beashel & Giles 1999: Doyle & Olsen 2000: M. Reynolds & Liljedahl 2001: Lööf & Finnsgård 2002: Percy & Mitchell 2003: Rohart & Rambeau 2004: Lööf & Ekström 2005: Rohart & Rambeau 2006: Pepper & C. Williams 2007: Scheidt & Prada 2008: Kusznierewicz & Życki 2009: Szabo & Peters 2010: Percy & Simpson 2011: Scheidt & Prada 2012: Scheidt & Prada 2013: MacCausland & Trinter 2014: Stanjek & Kleen 2015: L. Grael & Gonçalves 2016: Diaz & Prada 2017: Melleby & Revkin 2018: Zarif & Hamelmann 2019: Kusznierewicz & Prada 2020: cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021: Negri & Kleen 2022: Negri & Lambertenghi 2025: Cayard & Kleen

v t e European Champions in Soling Fleet racing 1968: Norway Spilling 1969: Sweden von Grünewaldt, Nilsson, Nordin 1970: Denmark Elvstrøm, Jensen, Mik-Meyer 1971: Denmark Elvstrøm, Jensen, Bandolowski 1972: East Germany Schwarz, Köpsel, Christoph 1973: East Germany Below, Engelhardt, Zachries 1974: West Germany Kuhweide, May, Meyer 1975: Sweden Wennerström, Roslund, Krook 1976: East Germany Below, Engelhardt, Zachries 1977: West Germany Geis, Fehzner, Bock 1978: Canada Fogh, Kerr, Toews 1979: Brazil de Souza, Kaufman, Heiman 1980: Soviet Union B. Budnikov, A. Budnikov, Polyakov 1981: Austria Farthofer, Vartian, Holler 1982: Canada Fogh, Høj Jensen, Kerr 1983: Canada Fogh, Calder, Kerr 1984: Not held due to Olympics. 1985: Norway Wang, Petterson, Selander 1986: East Germany Schümann, Flach, Jäkel 1987: Soviet Union Shayduko, Kanov, Polyakov 1988: East Germany Schümann, Flach, Jäkel 1989: Denmark Bank, Seier, Secher 1990 - 2018 To be researched first! 2005: Germany R. Koch, M.Koch, Bornemann 2009: Germany R. Koch, M.Koch, Bornemann 2019: Finland E. Heinonen, Helmhout, M. Heinonen 2020: Not held due to COVID-19 2021: Netherlands den Outer, de Lange, Souli Match racing No research done yet!

v t e Soling Dutch championship winners Fleet racing 1971: Klein, S. Bakker & J. Schäfer 1972: G. Bakker, Lucas & F. Bakker 1973: East Germany Below, Engelhardt & Zachries 1974: Blok, Vandenberg & Kurpershoek 1975 - 77 Not held 1978: G. Bakker 1979: United Kingdom Simonds 1980: Denmark Kantman 1981: G. Bakker, Coster & Behrend 1982: Denmark Bandolowski, Palm & Hansen 1983: West Germany Kuhweide 1984 - 85 Not held 1986: West Germany Jungblut 1987: West Germany Jungblut 1988: Italy Lamaro, Della Vecchia, Romano 1989: Heiner 1990: Heiner 1991: Kimman, Keijser & Unger 1992: den Outer, Samdahl Norway & Ruys 1993: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga 1994: W. Potma, G. Potma, Hettinga 1995: den Outer, de Zeeuw & Determan 1996 - 97 Not held 1998: den Outer, Offermans & den Arend 1999: den Outer, Determan & den Arend 2000: den Outer, de Lange & Determan 2001: Not held 2002: Offermans, Schoof & Copper 2003: United States Walker, Zijlstra & Brown 2004 - 07 Not held 2008: den Outer, Determan, den Arend 2009 - 10 Not held 2011: den Outer, Determan, Lidlow 2012: den Outer, Lidlow, D. Bakker 2013: Offermans, Hillige & van Braam 2014: den Outer, lidlow, Souli 2015: den Outer, lidlow, Souli 2016: den Outer, de Lange & Souli 2017: Heinonen Finland, Helmhout & Werf 2018: Heinonen Finland, Helmhout & Palmu Finland 2019: den Outer, de Lange & Bosch 2020: NOT held because of COVID-19 2021: den Outer, de Lange & Souli

v t e Soling West German championship winners Fleet racing 1974 Kuhweide 1977 Kuhweide 1979 United Kingdom Crebbin 1980 Denmark Jensen, Bandolowski, Hansen 1981 Kuhweide 1982 Hirt Jr., Obermaier, Neuting 1983 Denmark Bank, Andersen, Mathiasen 1984 Kadelbach 1985 Gerz 1986 Canada Thomson, Flinn, Gow 1987 Wrede, Adamczewski, Knabe 1988 Olympic year - not held 1989 Mertens 1990 Schmid, König, König

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