Günter Deckert (Nordic combined)

Günter Deckert
nation	German Democratic Republic
birthday	September 14, 1950
place of birth	Ehrenfriedersdorf
size	186 cm
Weight	73 kg
date of death	November 24, 2005
Place of death	Germany
Career
discipline	Nordic combination
society	SC Dynamo Klingenthal
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships silver 1974 Falun Single (NH)  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold 1970 Gosau singles
last change: March 28, 2013

Günter Deckert (born September 14, 1950 in Ehrenfriedersdorf ; † November 24, 2005 ) was a German Nordic combined athlete .

Deckert was considered one of the world's best Nordic combined athletes in the first half of the 1970s . He celebrated his first international success in 1970 when he won the title at the Nordic Junior European Championship in Gosau . Two years later he traveled to the Olympic Games in Sapporo as a favorite . A fall while ski jumping ended all hopes for a medal. Deckert finished ninth in the end.

In 1974 he had the greatest success of his career at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun . Behind his compatriot Ulrich Wehling , he won the silver medal in the Nordic combined. In the same year he achieved second place behind Bernd Zimmermann at the GDR state championships. In 1976 Deckert competed again at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck and was 13.

After his active career, he worked as a youth coach. Most recently he lived in seclusion in Ehrenfriedersdorf . Günter Deckert died on November 24, 2005 at the age of 55.

Web links

• Günter Deckert in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Günter Deckert in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )