Franz Knappe

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Franz Knappe 1950

Franz Knappe 1950

nation Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
birthday March 23, 1921
place of birth Harrachsdorf
date of death March 13, 2017
Place of death Geschwenda
Career
Medal table
National medals 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
GDR championships
gold 1950 Schierke Normal hill
gold 1952 Normal hill
 

Franz Knappe (born March 23, 1921 in Harrachsdorf , Czechoslovakia ; † March 13, 2017 Geschwenda , Thuringia ) was a German ski jumper .

Life

Franz Knappe was born in the Giant Mountains . After being expelled from the Sudetenland, he ended up in the Soviet occupation zone in Geschwenda in the Thuringian Forest , where he devoted himself to winter sports.

In 1950 he became the first GDR champion in special jumping in Schierke with widths of 63 and 63.5 meters. The following year he was runner-up in special jumping at the student world championships in Romania . In 1952 he won the GDR championship again together with Werner Lesser.

From its foundation in 1956 to 1966 he was a trainer in the Army Sports Club (ASK) Oberhof and at the same time built up the children's and youth sports school (KJS) Zella-Mehlis. Ski jumping greats like Helmut Recknagel trained under him .

In 1966 Knappe founded the ski department of ThSV 1886 Geschwenda (then Chemie Geschwenda ) and became its first director. Among other things, he was involved in the construction of the ski jumping facility on the Weißen Stein. Some of the athletes in his four training groups for Nordic combined and cross-country skiers could be delegated to the KJS.

Franz Knappe died shortly before the age of 96 after a long illness on March 13, 2017 in Geschwenda.

Web links

Commons : Franz Knappe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Athletes for a lifetime. Congratulations to Franz Knappe from Geschwenda on his 90th birthday . In: Thüringer Allgemeine , March 24, 2011. Accessed August 23, 2013. 
  2. ↑ a b Overview of the GDR champions in special jumping
  3. ↑ Franz Knappe on Skisprungschanzen.com
personal data
SURNAME Knappe, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1921
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2017
Place of death Geschwenda