Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	4x400 m relay

Frederick Ferdinand Wolff, CBE, TD (13 October 1910 – 26 January 1988) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Early life

On 13 October 1910, Wolff was born in British Hong Kong, the eldest son of a family of four children. Wolff was a member of the Kowloon Cricket Club, where he won his first race in 1919.^[2]

Wolff and his family returned to England. Wolff attended Shirley House Preparatory School and Beaumont College in Windsor, England.^[2]

Career

Frederick Wolff won the British AAA in 440 yd (400 m) in 1933.

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 & Co. In the Second World War, Wolff served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and was promoted to the rank of captain.^[3] Wolff rejoined Rudolf Wolff & Co. in 1946, and became a partner in 1951.

From 1970 to 1977 Wolff became the Committee Chairman of the London Metal Exchange helping establishing the LME's international reputation. He was made a CBE in 1975.^[4]

Wolff was the chairman of the Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust.^[5]

Personal life

Wolff married Natalie Winefred Virginia Byrne, the daughter of Ferdinand and 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.^[2] The British Olympic Association held a reception at the Buckingham Palace for all surviving British Olympic medalists on the day he died.^[2]

In 2015, Wolff's great-grandson Daniel Wolff competed in the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles. His disability was autism.^[5]

References

External links

• Freddie Wolff at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Frederick Ferdinand Wolff at Olympics.com
• Freddy Wolff obituary, American Metal Market 27 January 1988, Managing Director and Chairman of Rudolf Wolff & Co. and Chairman of the LME^{[permanent dead link]}