Rolf Wolfshohl

Rolf Wolfshohl
Wolfshohl in 2014
Personal information
Full nameRolf Wolfshohl
Born(1938-12-27)27 December 1938
Cologne, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany
Died18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 85)
Team information
DisciplineCyclo-cross
Road
RoleRetired
Amateur team
1957–1959
Professional teams
1960–1962Rapha-Gitane
1963–1964Peugeot-BP
1965–1966Mercier-BP-Hutchsinson
1967–1969Bic
1970–1971Fagor-Mercier
1972Rokado
1973–1974Ho-Ra
1975Rokado
Major wins
World Cyclo-cross champion (1960, 1961 & 1963)
Vuelta a España 1965
West German cyclo-cross champion (1958, 1959,
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968,
1969, 1970, 1971 & 1973)
West German Road Race champion (1963, 1968)
Medal record
Men's cyclo-cross
Representing  Germany
World Championships
1960 Tolosa Elite Men's Race
1961 Hanover Elite Men's Race
1963 Calais Elite Men's Race
1959 Geneva Elite Men's Race
1965 Cavaria Elite Men's Race
1967 Zürich Elite Men's Race
1969 Magstadt Elite Men's Race
1972 Prague Elite Men's Race
1958 Limoges Elite Men's Race
1966 Beasain Elite Men's Race
1970 Zolder Elite Men's Race
1973 London Elite Men's Race

Rolf Wolfshohl (27 December 1938 – 18 September 2024) was a German professional road bicycle racing and cyclo-cross racing cyclist. Wolfshohl is best known in cyclo-cross for winning the then unofficial cyclo-cross world championship three times, and in road racing for winning the 1965 Vuelta a España. He won the German National Road Race in 1968.