Wolfgang Kreißig is a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. Born on 29 August 1970, he reached the final at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth and then eighth. His best placing on the global stage came with fifth place at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He competed for the Georgia Bulldogs track and field team in the NCAA and later represented the sports club MTG Mannheim. His personal bests are 2.34 metres outdoors, set in 1999, and 2.30 metres indoors, set in 1997.
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a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump
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Born 29 August 1970 in Gehrden, Niedersachsen GER
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In both those years he won the German national title.
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a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump
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He was a finalist at both 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
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