Wolfgang Burba (born 31 July 1960 in Oberstdorf)[2] is a former German curler and curling coach.
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| Born | 31 July 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | EC Oberstdorf[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 3 (1987, 1992, 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 1 (1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other appearances | World Senior Championships: 2 (2015, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 edit
Burba is married and has one child.[2]
Teams edit
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 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  WCC CR 1985
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| 1986–87 | Rodger Gustaf Schmidt | Wolfgang Burba | Johnny Jahr | Hans-Joachim Burba | WCC 1987 
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| 1991–92 | Rodger Gustaf Schmidt | Wolfgang Burba | Hans-Joachim Burba | Bernhard Mayr | Martin Beiser | GMCC 1992 WCC 1992 (9th) | |
| 1992–93 | Wolfgang Burba | Bernhard Mayr | Markus Herberg | Daniel Herberg | GMCC 1993
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| Wolfgang Burba | Bernhard Mayr | Markus Herberg | Martin Beiser | Daniel Herberg | WCC 1993 (9th) | ||
| 1994–95 | Wolfgang Burba | ? | ? | ? | GMCC 1995
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| 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 
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| 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
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| 2017–18 | Johnny Jahr | Wolfgang Burba | Joachim Burba | Christoph Möckel | Matthias Steiner | Alexander Forsyth | WSCC 2018 (9th) |
Record as a coach of national teams edit
| Year | Tournament, event | National team | Place |
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| 2013 | 2013 European Junior Curling Challenge |  Italy (junior men) |
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| 2013 | 2013 World Junior Curling Championships | Italy (junior men) |
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| 2015 | 2015 European Curling Championships | Italy (women) |
11
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| 2017 | 2017 World Junior B Curling Championships | Germany (junior men) |
4
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| 2018 | 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships | Germany (junior men) |
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| 2018 | 2018 World Junior Curling Championships | Germany (junior men) |
5
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| 2019 | 2019 World Junior Curling Championships | Germany (junior men) |
7
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| 2019 | 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships | Germany (junior men) |
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| 2020 | 2020 World Junior Curling Championships | Germany (junior men) |
4
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References edit
- ^ Eissport Club Oberstdorf e.V.(in German)
- ^ a b "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ Curling - Deutsche Meisterschaften(in German)
External links edit
- Wolfgang Burba at World Curling
- "Wolfgang Burba neuer Nachwuchs-Bundestrainer - Eissportclub-Oberstdorf e.V." (in German). August 11, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
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