Klaus Gattermann
Klaus Gattermann 
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| birthday | 8th January 1961 (age 59) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Zwiesel , Germany | ||||||||
| size | 179 cm | ||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg | ||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , combination | ||||||||
| society | SV Bayerisch Eisenstein | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 1989 | ||||||||
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Klaus Gattermann (born January 8, 1961 in Zwiesel ) is a former German ski racer . From 1978 to 1989 he was a member of the German national ski team.
biography
Gattermann was born the son of a teacher couple and grew up in Bayerisch Eisenstein . After completing secondary school, he began an apprenticeship as a toolmaker and then joined the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr .
His talent as a skier showed up early on. In 1978 he finished second in giant slalom at the German Junior Championship and shortly afterwards he finished 8th in slalom and 7th in giant slalom at the German championship. Numerous resignations from the national team after the 1978 World Cup prompted the DSV Gattermann coach to start the World Cup at the age of 17 . Too early, as Gattermann himself thinks in retrospect.
It took two years before he was able to place in the top ten in a combined ranking and another two and a half years before he was able to do this in a downhill race. In the run-up to the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , Gattermann established himself in the extended world elite and was the second-best German at the Olympic Downhill with rank 12. In the same year he became German downhill champion.
In December 1984 he finally achieved the best downhill result of his career with fourth place on the downhill from Val Gardena . His career was suddenly interrupted by a serious fall on the downhill run on the Streif in Kitzbühel on January 11, 1985. At the edge of the local mountain he lost control of his skis and rolled over several times. The race had to be interrupted for over half an hour. Gattermann got off relatively lightly in the accident: in addition to a severe concussion, he broke his nose.
Nevertheless, the fall in Kitzbühel heralded the end of Gattermann's career. Although he fought his way back to the national team after his recovery and took part in the 1985 World Cup just two weeks later . With 13th place at the 1987 World Cup and 10th place at the 1989 World Cup , he also achieved some respectable successes. However, there was no constant peak performance. After the 1988/89 season, Gattermann retired from active racing and worked as head of racing at the Straubing ski manufacturer Völkl .
successes
winter Olympics
- Sarajevo 1984 : 12th departure
World championships
- Bormio 1985 : 22nd departure
- Crans-Montana 1987 : 13th descent
- Vail 1989 : 10th departure
World cup
- 3 fourth places and another 5 top 10 placements
Web links
- Klaus Gattermann in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Klaus Gattermann in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Klaus Gattermann in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klammer's strange seconds and Gattermann's anxious minutes. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 12, 1985, p. 17 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
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| SURNAME | Gattermann, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwiesel , Germany |