Klaus Nitzsche

Klaus Nitzsche (born January 24, 1943 in Dresden ) is a German sports scientist and university professor .

Life

Nitzsche studied from 1962 at the German University for Physical Culture (DHfK) in Leipzig and wrote his diploma thesis on the subject of “Comparative climatological and bioclimatological considerations between the low mountain range and the lowlands of the GDR in the focus of winter sports”. He stayed as a research assistant at DHfK, completed his doctorate and habilitation. In 1984 he took over the management of the institute for winter sports, at times he held the office of vice dean of the faculty and was head of the ski scientific center. His students included the later national biathlon trainers Uwe Müßiggang and Frank Ullrich . In addition, Nitzsche was a member of the coaching committee of the German Skierverband (DSLV) of the German Democratic Republic . After the dissolution of the Leipzig University in 1990, Nitzsche was involved in setting up the sports science faculty at the University of Leipzig and became head of the winter sports department and director of the Institute for Movement and Exercise Science in Sports.

From 1991 he was also a member of the biathlon commission of the German Ski Association (DSV), was one of the founding members of the planning staff of the DSV coaching school and was responsible for training biathlon trainers. With his work on the basis for the later successes of the German biathlon national team at the Olympic Games and other international competitions, he was credited with making a decisive contribution. "The high international level of German athletes in this sport is also due to Klaus Nitzsche", it said in an appreciation of the sports science faculty of the University of Leipzig on the occasion of his 65th birthday in 2008.

At the University of Leipzig he headed several research projects on the subject of biathlon, including from 1992 to 1999 "Investigations to make the positioning technique more effective in lying biathlon shooting", from 1995 to 1999 "Objectification of biathlon shooting technology", and in 2004 and 2005 "Equipment expansion of the biathlon shooting range "And from 2001 to 2004" Investigations on the development of differentiated training methodological solutions on the development of basic endurance in biathlon "In 1989 he published the work" Biathlon. A textbook for trainers, trainers and active people. Technique, Training, Tactics ”, numerous other publications on the subject of biathlon were added in the course of his scientific career. In 2008 he retired, but continued to be involved in the German Ski Association, which awarded him the Golden Ring of Honor in 2013 for his work in favor of the biathlon.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b THE GRANDFATHER OF GERMAN BIATHLON SUCCESS. In: University of Leipzig. February 21, 2006, accessed January 18, 2019 .
↑ Klaus Nitzsche: Comparative climatological and bioclimatological considerations between the low mountain range and the lowlands of the GDR in the focus of winter sports . University of Leipzig, Faculty of Sports Science, 1966 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed on January 18, 2019]).
^ Gerhard Lehmann et al .: Selected members and partners of the faculty . In: German Sport University for Physical Culture Leipzig 1950-1990 . Meyer & Meyer, 2007, p. 46 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Jürgen Krug: Professor Dr. Klaus Nitzsche - Sport will keep him young . In: Leipzig sports science contributions . Issue 1 (48), 2007, pp. 175, 176 .
↑ ^a ^b DSV trainer school celebrated its 20th anniversary. In: German Ski Association. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .
↑ Summary: Investigations on the effectiveness of the technique of attacking lying down in biathlon shooting. In: bisp-surf.de. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .
^ Klaus Nitzsche: Objectification of the biathlon shooting technique . 1995, accessed January 18, 2019 .
↑ Klaus Nitzsche: Technical expansion of the Biathlon shooting range. 2004, accessed January 18, 2019 .
↑ Klaus Nitzsche: Studies on the development of differentiated training methodical solutions on the development of basic endurance in biathlon. 2001, accessed January 18, 2019 .
^ Klaus Nitzsche: Biathlon. A textbook for trainers, trainers and active people. Technology, training, tactics . SVB Sportverl., 1989 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on January 18, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Nitzsche, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sports scientist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden

[:0-1] THE GRANDFATHER OF GERMAN BIATHLON SUCCESS. In: University of Leipzig. February 21, 2006, accessed January 18, 2019 .

[2] Klaus Nitzsche: Comparative climatological and bioclimatological considerations between the low mountain range and the lowlands of the GDR in the focus of winter sports . University of Leipzig, Faculty of Sports Science, 1966 ( uni-leipzig.de [accessed on January 18, 2019]).

[3] Gerhard Lehmann et al .: Selected members and partners of the faculty . In: German Sport University for Physical Culture Leipzig 1950-1990 . Meyer & Meyer, 2007, p. 46 .

[:1-4] Jürgen Krug: Professor Dr. Klaus Nitzsche - Sport will keep him young . In: Leipzig sports science contributions . Issue 1 (48), 2007, pp. 175, 176 .

[:2-5] DSV trainer school celebrated its 20th anniversary. In: German Ski Association. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .

[6] Summary: Investigations on the effectiveness of the technique of attacking lying down in biathlon shooting. In: bisp-surf.de. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .

[7] Klaus Nitzsche: Objectification of the biathlon shooting technique . 1995, accessed January 18, 2019 .

[8] Klaus Nitzsche: Technical expansion of the Biathlon shooting range. 2004, accessed January 18, 2019 .

[9] Klaus Nitzsche: Studies on the development of differentiated training methodical solutions on the development of basic endurance in biathlon. 2001, accessed January 18, 2019 .

[10] Klaus Nitzsche: Biathlon. A textbook for trainers, trainers and active people. Technology, training, tactics . SVB Sportverl., 1989 ( bisp-surf.de [accessed on January 18, 2019]).