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Wolfgang Burba

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Wolfgang Burba
 
Born (1960-07-31) 31 July 1960 (age 64)
Team
Curling clubEC Oberstdorf[1]
Curling career
Member Association Germany
World Championship
appearances
3 (1987, 1992, 1993)
European Championship
appearances
1 (1985)
Other appearancesWorld Senior Championships: 2 (2015, 2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Vancouver
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Grindelwald
German Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1992
Gold medal – first place 1993
Silver medal – second place 1995
Silver medal – second place 2016
Bronze medal – third place 2015

Wolfgang Burba (born 31 July 1960 in Oberstdorf)[2] is a former German curler and curling coach.

He is a former World men's runner-up (1987), European men's curling champion (1985) and two-time German men's curling champion (1992, 1993; silver in 1995, 2016; bronze in 2015).[3]

His brother Hans-Joachim Burba is a curler too and Wolfgang's longtime teammate.

Personal life

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Burba is married and has one child.[2]

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1978–79 Roland Jentsch Hans-Joachim Burba Wolfgang Burba Werner Kolb WJCC 1979 (10th)
1985–86 Rodger Gustaf Schmidt Wolfgang Burba Johnny Jahr Hans-Joachim Burba ECC 1985 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC CR 1985 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1986–87 Rodger Gustaf Schmidt Wolfgang Burba Johnny Jahr Hans-Joachim Burba WCC 1987 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1991–92 Rodger Gustaf Schmidt Wolfgang Burba Hans-Joachim Burba Bernhard Mayr Martin Beiser GMCC 1992 1st place, gold medalist(s)
WCC 1992 (9th)
1992–93 Wolfgang Burba Bernhard Mayr Markus Herberg Daniel Herberg GMCC 1993 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Wolfgang Burba Bernhard Mayr Markus Herberg Martin Beiser Daniel Herberg WCC 1993 (9th)
1994–95 Wolfgang Burba ? ? ? GMCC 1995 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2011–12 Andy Kapp Wolfgang Burba Bernhard Mayr Markus Herberg Philip Seitz
2014–15 Wolfgang Burba Hans-Joachim Burba Mike Burba Cristoph Schmidt GMCC 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wolfgang Burba Hans-Joachim Burba Christoph Möckel Matthias Steiner Anna Terekhova WSCC 2015 (13th)
2015–16 Wolfgang Burba Matthias Zobel Eric Richert Mike Burba GMCC 2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017–18 Johnny Jahr Wolfgang Burba Joachim Burba Christoph Möckel Matthias Steiner Alexander Forsyth WSCC 2018 (9th)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
2013 2013 European Junior Curling Challenge  Italy (junior men)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013 2013 World Junior Curling Championships  Italy (junior men)
6
2015 2015 European Curling Championships  Italy (women)
11
2017 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships  Germany (junior men)
4
2018 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships  Germany (junior men)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 2018 World Junior Curling Championships  Germany (junior men)
5
2019 2019 World Junior Curling Championships  Germany (junior men)
7
2019 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships  Germany (junior men)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 2020 World Junior Curling Championships  Germany (junior men)
4

References

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  1. ^ Eissport Club Oberstdorf e.V.(in German)
  2. ^ a b "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. ^ Curling - Deutsche Meisterschaften(in German)
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