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Line 1: {{Short description\|British athlete (1910–1988)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=May ~~2012~~2021}} {{Use British English\|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox person Line 21 ⟶ 22: }} '''Frederick Ferdinand ~~"Freddie"~~ Wolff''', [[Order of the British Empire\|CBE]], [[Territorial Decoration\|TD]] (13 October 1910 – 26 January 1988) was a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[Athletics (sport)\|athlete]], winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m [[Relay race\|relay]] at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite book \| title= Chasing Gold \| publisher= Getty Images \| year= 2005 \| isbn= 0-901662-02-X \| page= 176}}</ref> Line 35 ⟶ 36: At the 1936 [[Berlin Olympic Games]], Wolff ran the opening leg in the British 4 × 400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new European record of 3.09.0. In 1929, Wolff joined the family firm [[Rudolf Wolff\|Rudolf Wolff & Co.]] In the [[World War II\|Second World War]], Wolff served in the [[Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]] and was promoted to the rank of captain.<ref>{{cite book \| title= The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Chronicle 1942-1944 \| publisher= [[Gale and Polden]] Limited. Line 42 ⟶ 43: }}</ref> Wolff rejoined [[Rudolf Wolff\|Rudolf Wolff & Co.]] in 1946, and became a partner in 1951. From 1970~~-77~~ to 1977 Wolff became the Committee Chairman of the [[London Metal Exchange]] helping establishing the [[London Metal Exchange\|~~LME’s~~LME's]] international reputation. He was made a [[Order of the British Empire\|CBE]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite book \| title= Wolff's Guide to the London Metal Exchange \| publisher= [[Metal Bulletin PLC\|Metal Bulletin Books Limited]] Line 55 ⟶ 56: Wolff married Natalie Winefred Virginia Byrne, the daughter of Ferdinand and [[Mary Freeman Byrne\|Mary (née Keith) Byrne]]. Wolff had five children: Jennifer, John, Carolyn, Richard (twin) and Christine (twin). On 26 January 1988, Wolff died in [[Marylebone]], [[London]], United Kingdom. He was 77.<ref name=SR/> ~~Sadly, the~~The British Olympic Association held a reception at the Buckingham Palace for all surviving British Olympic medalists on the day he died.<ref name=SR/> In 2015, Wolff's great-grandson Daniel Wolff competed in the [[2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games]] in Los Angeles. His disability was autism.<ref name="espn_Daniel">{{Cite web\|url = http://en.espn.co.uk/olympic-sports/sport/story/380735.html\|title = Wolff on hunt for family Olympic gold\|date = 2 January 2015\|access-date = 24 July 2015\|publisher = ESPN\|last = Perry\|first = Alex}}</ref> Line 64 ⟶ 65: ==External links== * {{Sports-Reference\|wo/freddie-wolff-1}} * {{~~IOC~~Olympics.com profile\|frederick-ferdinand-wolff\|Frederick Ferdinand Wolff}} * [http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_n18_v96/ai_6297533/ Freddy Wolff obituary, American Metal Market 27 January 1988, Managing Director and Chairman of Rudolf Wolff & Co. and Chairman of the LME]{{dead link\|date=May 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} Line 70 ⟶ 71: {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolff, Freddie}} [[Category:British male sprinters]]▼ [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:1988 deaths]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic athletes offor Great Britain]] [[Category:English Olympic medallists]] [[Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain]] [[Category:English male sprinters]] ▲[[Category:British male sprinters]] [[Category:Hong Kong emigrants to England]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]] [[Category:~~Hong~~British ~~Kong~~expatriates ~~people~~in ofHong ~~English descent~~Kong]] [[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry officers]]