Helmut Bleier

Helmut Bleier
nation	Germany
birthday	1934
date of death	23rd December 1982
Career
National squad	since 1957
End of career	1959
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	41. ( 1957/58 )

Helmut Bleier (1934 - December 23, 1982 ) was a German ski jumper . The athlete starting for the Ski Club Bischofsgrün in the Fichtelgebirge impressed with his national and international successes.

Bleier had a fatal accident on December 23, 1982 at the age of 48. With him, the club not only lost one of its most successful and high-profile performers of the fifties and sixties, but also a dedicated trainer for young jumpers.

Career

Bleier started at the Four Hills Tournament between 1957 and 1959 . At the Four Hills Tournament in 1957/58 he reached after an 11th place in Oberstdorf and a 16th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck, the 41st place in the overall tour score. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1958 , he reached 41st place in individual jumping with jumps on 61.5 and 58.5 meters, tied with Norwegian Gudtorm Heldal . In the following year at the Four Hills Tournament 1958/59 he did not get beyond a 36th place in Oberstdorf. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen he only reached 52nd place. At the end of the tour he was 51st overall.

Web links

• Helmut Bleier in the database of the International Ski Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Chronicle of the Ski Club Bischofsgrün. Retrieved February 17, 2019
2. ↑ from the club chronicle of SC Bischofsgrün " From the time after the war to the construction of the plastic covered hill in 1957", pertaining to the 1950s. Retrieved February 17, 2019
3. ^ Four Hills Tournament 1957/58 . www.eskijumping.com. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
4. ↑ The results of the World Championships in Lahti: ( Finnish , PDF) Lahden Museot. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
5. ^ Four Hills Tournament 1958/59 . www.eskijumping.com. Retrieved November 5, 2010.