Hansjörg Knauthe

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Hansjörg Knauthe (born July 13, 1944 in Geising ) is a former German biathlete who competed for the GDR .

As a teenager, Knauthe ran four combinations (alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping). He was trained as a precision mechanic at VEB Glashütte . During this time he started the military all-around in the nearby Zinnwald . He reported to the People's Police and from 1962 trained in the biathlon center of Zinnwald. In addition to biathlon, he continues to practice cross-country skiing, where his particular strengths were in biathlon. Knauthe was junior champion on the 10-kilometer route in 1965 for cross-country skiers. But after that he concentrated mainly on biathlon. 1967 to 1972 he was GDR champion with the relay seven times in a row. In 1971 he also won the individual title. He celebrated his first major international success at the Biathlon World Championships in 1970 , where he won bronze in the relay. Two years later he celebrated his greatest successes at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo . He won the silver medal over 20 kilometers and together with Horst Koschka , Joachim Meischner and Dieter Speer he also secured the bronze medal over 4 × 7.5 km of the GDR relay. For these successes he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. During his playing days he started for SG Dynamo Zinnwald .

International success paved Knauthe's further career path. Although he had left school after the eighth grade, after his active career he acquired the university entrance qualification and studied at the DHfK and then became a qualified sports teacher. As a junior coach in biathlon and as a later section head, he remained in the sport. In his function as section head, Knauthe was responsible for the material and technical equipment of the Zinnwald training center. After the fall of the Wall he became a personal and property protector at the Saxon State Chancellery . He lives in Geising.

literature

  • Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 , p. 204.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to other information only five times in a row from 1968 to 1971, because in the other years the ASK Oberhof was GDR champion
  2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung , April 15, 1972, p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Knauthe, Hansjörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biathlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Geising