Ulrich Wehling

Ulrich Wehling, born on 8 July 1952 in Halle, is a retired German skier who won the Nordic combined event at the Winter Olympics three consecutive times, in 1972, 1976 and 1980. He was the first man to win three consecutive gold medals in the same event at the Winter Olympics, although not the first Olympian to win three golds in a winter discipline, because Gillis Grafström had won a figure skating title at the Summer Olympics in 1920 before winning twice at the first two Winter Olympics. After his competitive career Wehling became the FIS Race Director for Nordic combined, a role he also held for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo.