Peter Lesser

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Peter Lesser Ski jumping
Peter Lesser in Oberhof 1963

Peter Lesser in Oberhof 1963

nation Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
birthday August 15, 1941
place of birth Eisenberg ,  German Empire
Career
society SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
National squad since 1960
status resigned
End of career 1969
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Four Hills Tournament 5th ( 1966/67 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single jump 0 1 0
 
Peter Lesser in 1961 in Zella-Mehlis

Peter Lesser (born August 15, 1941 in Eisenberg ) is a former German ski jumper . He grew up in Brotterode am Inselsberg and, alongside Helmut Recknagel, was one of the world's best ski flyers of the 1960s.

Career

He achieved his first notable successes as an eleven-year-old student in 1951 when he won the Thuringian student championship in special jumping and in combination. The legendary Zella-Mehlis trainer and mat jumping inventor Hans Renner recognized the talent at the age of 16 . He received an apprenticeship as a toolmaker at Mercedes Büromaschinen Werken Zella-Mehlis and became a member of SG Motor Zella-Mehlis in 1956 and of SC Motor Zella-Mehlis in 1958, where he was trained by Werner Klaubel, Horst Lesser and Hans Renner. He landed his first success in 1959 with third place in the Christmas jumping competition in Oberwiesenthal . At the Four Hills Tournament 1961/62 he landed in Bischofshofen on Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in fifth place. Since he was not allowed to compete in the jumping competitions in Oberstdorf and Garmisch as a GDR jumper, in the end it was not enough for a first place in the overall ranking of the tour. In 1962 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane , he reached fifth place on the large hill. He was initially even classified in 3rd place due to an error by the judge, so that he received the bronze medal. When the mistake was noticed ( Niilo Halonen was actually third) and Lesser should be asked to return the medal, he had already left with the GDR team (it was the final day of these world championships, February 25th). One of his greatest successes was the setting of the world record on March 1, 1962 on the flight hill at Kulm with 141 m, which he improved on March 21, 1965 to 145 m on the same hill, although he did so in the overall ranking of that day and also in the overall classification this flight days (only) took 3rd place. At the Four Hills Tournament in 1966/67, the wide hunter achieved second place in the daily ranking and fifth place in the overall ranking. With two third places in Oberwiesenthal, he ended his active ski jumping time in March 1969. To this day he has remained loyal to his club, SC Motor Zella-Mehlis, as a referee.

Peter Lesser has been married since 1966, has a daughter and two grandchildren and now lives in Suhl .

Athletic career

  • Beginnings of ski jumping in Brotterode
  • 1956 member of SG Motor Mitte Zella-Mehlis
  • 1958 member of SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
  • 1959 Participation in the youth ski week in Hasselfelde , 3rd place in ski jumping
  • 1961 First participation in a ski flying event in Oberstdorf, 5th place with 130 m
  • 1962 world record in ski flying on the hill at Kulm with 141 m
  • 1962 5th place at the World Championships in Zakopane
  • 1965 New world record in ski flying on the hill at Kulm with 145 m
  • 1966 9th place at the World Championships in Oslo on Holmenkollen
  • 1967 2nd place at the ski flying week in Oberstdorf
  • 1968 GDR champion with the team
  • 1969 end of active career

literature

Web links

Commons : Peter Lesser  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ No ski jumper has won so well . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1962, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ↑ Peter Lesser sails on the Kulm 141 m . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 2, 1962, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. ↑ Lesser flew 145 m on the last day . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 23, 1965, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. ^ History of the SC Motor Zella-Mehlis . SC Motor Zella-Mehlis . Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b Ski flying world records . Skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 159
  7. ↑ Egon Theiner: Encyclopedia of Ski Jumping , p. 162
  8. ^ GDR championships - ski jumping . sport-komplett.de. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Lesser, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenberg , German Empire