From Bavaria, Wolf trained as a member of SC Baierbrunn, near Munich, and then LG Stadtwerke München. Although he was keen on many sports such as football, tennis, skiing, and windsurfing as well as athletics. In 2017, he was German youth champion in the long jump, before later transitioning to sprint events. Alongside his athletics career he has worked as a member of the Bavarian State Police, and as part of their elite sports program.[2][3]
Career
Early career: Long jumper to sprinter, European U23 gold
Competing in Nantes, France in 2018 he jumped a personal best of 7.62 meters for the long jump. However, a succession of injuries including three dislocated shoulders and a torn patellar tendon in the knee of his takeoff leg saw him switch focus. [2][3]
Wolf placed fifth in the 100 metres at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He then won the gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Championships, with the team setting a new U23 European record of 38.70 seconds. Unfortunately, a return of injury problems led him to miss the home European Championships in Munich in 2022.[2][3]
In May 2024, he ran as part of the German 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[8] That month, he showed his form with a run of 10.08 seconds for the 100 metres at the True Athletes Classic in Leverkusen.[9] Wolf competed for Germany in the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, without advancing to the final.[10]
He placed third defending his 100 metres title at the 2024 German Championships.[11] Later that summer, he ran as part of Germany team in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2024
Olympic Games in Paris.[12] At the end of 2024 Wolf made the switch from LG Stadtwerke München to join Cologne Athletics.[13]
Wolf ran his lifetime best 6.60 seconds to place second behind Jeremiah Azu at the ISTAF Indoor in Dusseldorf, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, on 24 January 2026.[17] The following month, he lowered his personal best again, running 6.58 seconds to place fourth in the German Indoor Championships 60 metres final on 28 February 2026.[18]
Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, on 2 May, he was part of the German mixed 4 x 100 metres team alongside Sophia Junk, Heiko Gussmann and Sina Kammerschmitt as they set the inaugural European record on the opening day to qualify for the final with the third fastest time behind Jamaica and Canada.[19] The following day, he raced as the German team placed fourth overall.[20]
