Wolfgang Knabe

Wolfgang Knabe (born 12 July 1959) is a West German triple jumper.

He finished eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships.

His personal best jump was 17.12 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Düsseldorf. This result places him ninth on the German all-time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai, Dirk Gamlin, Peter Bouschen, Wolfgang Zinser, Jörg Drehmel and Jörg Elbe.

He became West German champion in 1988, representing the sports club TV Wattenscheid.

He has continued to jump into the Masters athletics age groups. He is the current world record holder in the M45 and M50 age divisions.