Klaus Beer
East German athlete (1942–2023)
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Klaus Beer (14 November 1942 – 8 June 2023) was a track and field athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany. Beer is best known for having won the silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics, well behind Bob Beamon's record setting performance – Beamon jumped 8.90 m, while Beer jumped 8.19 m.
Biography
Beer was born in Liegnitz, Gau Lower Silesia, German Reich (today Legnica, Poland).
Beer won the silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics, well behind Bob Beamon's record setting performance – Beamon jumped 8.90 m, while Beer jumped 8.19 m.
Beer was a seven time (1961, 1962, 1964, 1967–1970) East German champion competing outdoors and a national champion four times (1965, 1968–1970) indoors. He came in second at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in 1970. He also came in second at the 1970 European Cup Finals, Europe's team championship, which East Germany won that year.
Beer coached Kofi Amoah Prah and Steffen Landgraf hope.
Beer died on 8 June 2023, at the age of 80.[1]
References
- ^ Flash-News des Tages (in German)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Klaus Beer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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