About Wolfgang Kreißig
Born 1970. Wolfgang Kreißig is a German athletics competitor, jurist and athlete.
Wolfgang Kreißig (born 29 August 1970 in Gehrden, West Germany) is a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. He was a finalist at both 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth and eighth respectively. His best placing on the global stage was fifth at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Kreissig competed for the Georgia Bulldogs track and field team in the NCAA.
He has personal bests of 2.34 metres outdoors (1999) and 2.30 metres indoors (1997). He was a member of the MTG Mannheim sports club.
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Who is Wolfgang Kreißig?
German high jumper
When was Wolfgang Kreißig born?
Wolfgang Kreißig was born on 29 August 1970 in Gehrden.
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Wolfgang Kreißig is an athletics competitor, jurist and athlete.
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Wolfgang Kreißig is German.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wolfgang Kreißig. https://biography.guide/wolfgang-kreissig/
MLA: "Wolfgang Kreißig." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/wolfgang-kreissig/.
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