Ferdinand Wolf von Stülpnagel was chamberlain of the court administration of the Crown Prince.

Reinhard later married the factory owner Horst Gütermann (born 19 June 1922 in Freiburg).

Stülpnagel competed for Nazi Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin in the 4x400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Helmut Hamann, Harry Voigt and Rudolf Harbig.

He also started for the sports club MSV Wünsdorf; in his matches he was 1.87 metres tall and weighed 70 kilograms.

Stülpnagel later became an officer in the German Army, serving as an Oberst in the Bundeswehr after World War II.