Wolfgang Burba

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Wolfgang Burba
 
Born (1960-07-31) 31 July 1960 (age 64)
Team
Curling clubEC Oberstdorf [1]
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championship
appearances
3 (1987, 1992, 1993)
European Championship
appearances
1 (1985)
Other appearances World Senior Championships: 2 (2015, 2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Vancouver
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Grindelwald
German Men's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015

Wolfgang Burba (born 31 July 1960 in Oberstdorf) [2] is a former German curler and curling coach.

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He is a former World men's runner-up (1987), European men's curling champion (1985) and two-time German men's curling champion (1992, 1993; silver in 1995, 2016; bronze in 2015). [3]

His brother Hans-Joachim Burba is a curler too and Wolfgang's longtime teammate.

Personal life

Burba is married and has one child. [2]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvents
1978–79 Roland Jentsch Hans-Joachim Burba Wolfgang BurbaWerner Kolb WJCC 1979 (10th)
1985–86 Rodger Gustaf Schmidt Wolfgang Burba Johnny Jahr Hans-Joachim Burba ECC 1985 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC CR 1985 Gold medal icon.svg
1986–87Rodger Gustaf SchmidtWolfgang BurbaJohnny JahrHans-Joachim Burba WCC 1987 Silver medal icon.svg
1991–92Rodger Gustaf SchmidtWolfgang BurbaHans-Joachim Burba Bernhard Mayr Martin Beiser GMCC 1992 Gold medal icon.svg
WCC 1992 (9th)
1992–93Wolfgang BurbaBernhard Mayr Markus Herberg Daniel Herberg GMCC 1993 Gold medal icon.svg
Wolfgang BurbaBernhard MayrMarkus HerbergMartin BeiserDaniel Herberg WCC 1993 (9th)
1994–95Wolfgang Burba ? ? ?GMCC 1995 Silver medal icon.svg
2011–12 Andy Kapp Wolfgang BurbaBernhard MayrMarkus HerbergPhilip Seitz
2014–15Wolfgang BurbaHans-Joachim Burba Mike Burba Cristoph Schmidt GMCC 2015 Bronze medal icon.svg
Wolfgang BurbaHans-Joachim Burba Christoph Möckel Matthias Steiner Anna Terekhova WSCC 2015 (13th)
2015–16Wolfgang Burba Matthias Zobel Eric Richert Mike BurbaGMCC 2016 Silver medal icon.svg
2017–18Johnny JahrWolfgang Burba Joachim Burba Christoph MöckelMatthias Steiner Alexander Forsyth WSCC 2018 (9th)

Record as a coach of national teams

YearTournament, eventNational teamPlace
2013 2013 European Junior Curling Challenge Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (junior men)
Gold medal icon.svg
2013 2013 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (junior men)
6
2015 2015 European Curling Championships Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (women)
11
2017 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior men)
4
2018 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior men)
Bronze medal icon.svg
2018 2018 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior men)
5
2019 2019 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior men)
7
2019 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior men)
Bronze medal icon.svg
2020 2020 World Junior Curling Championships Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (junior men)
4

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References

  1. Eissport Club Oberstdorf e.V. (in German)
  2. 1 2 "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. Curling - Deutsche Meisterschaften (in German)