Wolfgang Scheidel (born 1 March 1943) is an East German former luger who won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

He won a pair of silver medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (1970, 1971).

[1] After retiring from competitions Scheidel trained young lugers at ASK Oberhof until 1977, and after that worked as a sports instructor in a recreation home of the National People's Army.

After the German reunification he ran an oxygen station in his home town of Ilmenau.

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