Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim (20 August 1909 in Hanover – 28 January 1953) was a German army Cavalry officer, a horse rider who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, securing a gold medal for the German equestrian team whilst suffering from a broken collarbone.

8 (Reiter-Regiment 8, later renamed Kavallerie-Regiment 8) garrisoned at Brieg in Silesia.

After being held as a prisoner of war for several years, while awaiting repatriation to Germany from the Soviet Union, in 1953 he was found hanged in Stalingrad, Russia.

[1] He was the father of the professional fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim.

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