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| Born | 23 May 1950 (age 74) Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Equestrianism | |||||||||||
| Club | RV von Lützow, Herford [1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Wolfgang Brinkmann (born 23 May 1950) is a retired German equestrian. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the West German team at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in 19th place individually. [2]
Brinkmann was born in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, on 23 May 1950. [1]
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Bernhard Brinkmann was a German politician and member of the SPD. He was a member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, from 1998, elected from the single member district of Hildesheim until 2013 and from the land list of Lower Saxony from then.
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Wolfgang Webner was a German volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Breslau. In 1968 he was part of the East German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. Four years later he won the silver medal with the East German team in the 1972 Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches.
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