Rolf Wolfshohl

Rolf Wolfshohl
Wolfshohl in 2014
Personal information
Full nameRolf Wolfshohl
Born(1938-12-27)27 December 1938
Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany
Died18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 85)
Team information
DisciplineCyclo-cross
Road
RoleRetired
Amateur team
1957–1959
Professional teams
1960–1962Rapha-Gitane
1963–1964Peugeot-BP
1965–1966Mercier-BP-Hutchsinson
1967–1969Bic
1970–1971Fagor-Mercier
1972Rokado
1973–1974Ho-Ra
1975Rokado
Major wins
World Cyclo-cross champion (1960, 1961 & 1963)
Vuelta a España 1965
West German cyclo-cross champion (1958, 1959,
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968,
1969, 1970, 1971 & 1973)
West German Road Race champion (1963, 1968)
Medal record
Men's cyclo-cross
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1960 Tolosa Elite Men's Race
Gold medal – first place 1961 Hanover Elite Men's Race
Gold medal – first place 1963 Calais Elite Men's Race
Silver medal – second place 1959 Geneva Elite Men's Race
Silver medal – second place 1965 Cavaria Elite Men's Race
Silver medal – second place 1967 Zürich Elite Men's Race
Silver medal – second place 1969 Magstadt Elite Men's Race
Silver medal – second place 1972 Prague Elite Men's Race
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Limoges Elite Men's Race
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Beasain Elite Men's Race
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Zolder Elite Men's Race
Bronze medal – third place 1973 London Elite Men's Race

Rolf Wolfshohl (27 December 1938 – 18 September 2024) was a German professional road bicycle racing and cyclo-cross racing cyclist. Wolfshohl is best known in cyclo-cross for winning the then unoffical cyclo-cross world championship three times, and in road racing for winning the 1965 Vuelta a España. He won the German National Road Race in 1968.[1]

  1. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2014.