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Heinz Wossipiwo
Country	East Germany
Born	(1951-01-25) 25 January 1951 (age 73) Bad Elster, East Germany
Personal best	169 m (554 ft) Oberstdorf, West Germany (9 March 1973)
Medal record Men's ski jumping World Championships 1974 Falun Individual LH Men's ski flying World Championships 1972 Planica Individual

Heinz Wossipiwo (born 25 January 1951) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1975, representing East Germany.

Careeredit

He won a silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. Wossipiwo also won a silver medal at the 1972 Ski-flying World Championships.

He also finished second one other time in his career in a normal hill event at Oberstdorf, West Germany in 1973. He also competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics.^[1]

On 9 March 1973, he set a world record distance at 169 metres (554 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.^[2][3]

Ski jumping world recordedit

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External linksedit

• H. Wossipiwo at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Heinz Wosipiwo at Olympedia

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