Education
Wienand studied chemistry at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn and received his Doctor of Philosophy in 2002 in organic chemistry and bioorganic chemistry at the University of Cologne, both in Germany.
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Wolfgang Wienand
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He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He works as a senior executive manager in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland. Wienand is married to the German journalist Sabine Wienand with whom he has three sons.
Since 1991 his coach was the future German national coach for men"s foil, Frank-Eberhard Höltje, previously national coach for the men"s junior foil team of the German Democratic Republic and participant as a sabre fencer to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Previously Wienand was coached by Manfred Kaspar, former German national coach for epee and sports director of the German national fencing association. His home club is the Olympic Fencing Club Bonn.
Wienand was a leading figure in the German national team He finished his career in sports after the 2000 Summer Olympics to complete his Doctor of Philosophy and to start over with his professional career in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry.
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As a foil fencer, Wienand was a long-standing member of the national fencing team of Germany and the German Olympic teams of Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000.
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