Bernd Blechschmidt

	Bernd Blechschmidt
nation	German Democratic Republic
birthday	August 24, 1961
place of birth	Schlema, Germany
job	Tinsmith
Career
society	SC Tractor Oberwiesenthal ; SV Fortuna Pöhla
National squad	since 1981
status	resigned
End of career	1991
Medal table
Nordic World Ski Championships
Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
	Placements in the World Cup
Debut in the World Cup	December 29, 1983
Overall World Cup	24. ( 1988/89 )

Bernd Blechschmidt (born August 24, 1961 in Schlema ) is a former German Nordic combined athlete .

Career

Blechschmidt made his international debut at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 1981 in Schonach in the Black Forest , where he won the gold medal in the individual competition. At the GDR ski championships in 1982 in Oberwiesenthal, he reached fourth place in the individual Nordic combined. On December 29, 1983 he made his debut in the Nordic Combined World Cup . After he missed the World Cup points position in Oberwiesenthal in 24th place, it will be almost a year before his international appearance again. In the same place he landed at the beginning of the 1984/85 season as 15th for the first time in the points. In the end, with two points won, he reached 41st place in the overall World Cup ranking. In the following years he was not used internationally. At the GDR Ski Championships in 1986 he won silver in the individual combination as well as with the team. A year later, at the GDR Ski Championships in 1987 in Klingenthal , he won his first national title. For the 1988/89 season he came back to the World Cup squad and achieved his best individual World Cup placement with fourth place in Oberwiesenthal. Despite this success, it remained the only World Cup start of the season. In the overall standings he was in 24th place. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1989 , he finished third in the team competition with Ralph Leonhardt and Thomas Abratis and thus won bronze. In the individual, he landed previously on rank 28. At the GDR ski championships in 1989 in Oberwiesenthal Blechschmidt won his second and last GDR championship title.

In the 1990/91 season, Blechschmidt again competed in some B-World Cup competitions, but did not get above 43rd place in the overall ranking.

successes

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1984/85	41.	02
1988/89	24.	12

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline

placement	Single ^a	sprint	Mass start	team		total
placement	Single ^a	sprint	Mass start	sprint	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10	1					1
Scoring	2					2
Starts	3					3
Status: end of career

^a including individual races and Gundersen individual starts

Private

Born in Schlema, Bernd Blechschmidt grew up in Pöhla . He has an older and a younger sister and a younger brother. Bernd Blechschmidt now lives in Hinterzarten and is a member of the ski club in Hinterzarten. He is married to his wife Evelin Blechschmidt and they have a daughter Sara Blechschmidt. After finishing his sports career, Blechschmidt trained as a tinsmith and a few years later as a master tin maker.

Web links

Bernd Blechschmidt in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Bernd Blechschmidt on The-Sports.org

http://www.badische-zeitung.de/hinterzarten/seit-76-jahren-im-skiclub--122898106.html

Individual evidence

^ ND of February 6, 1982 p. 6
^ ND from 8/9. March 1986 p. 12
^ ND of March 13, 1987 p. 7
^ ND of February 6, 1989 p. 7

personal data
SURNAME	Blechschmidt, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Nordic combined
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schlema

[1] ND of February 6, 1982 p. 6

[2] ND from 8/9. March 1986 p. 12

[3] ND of March 13, 1987 p. 7

[4] ND of February 6, 1989 p. 7