Klaus Beer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  East Germany |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | |||
| Silver | 1968 Mexico City | ||
| European Championships | |||
| Silver | Wien 1970 | Long Jump | |
| Gold | European Cup in Stockholm 1970 | Long Jump | |
Klaus Beer (born November 14, 1942) is a former track and field athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany.
Beer was born in Liegnitz (Legnica), Province of Lower Silesia.
Beer won the silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics, well behind Bob Beamon's record setting performance – Beamon jumped 8,90 m, while Beer jumped 8,19 m.
Beer was a seven time (1961, 1962, 1964, 1967-1970) East German champion competing outdoors and a national champion four times (1965, 1968-1970) indoors. He came in second at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in 1970. He also came in second at the 1970 European Cup Finals, Europe's team championship, which East Germany won that year.
He currently coaches Kofi Amoah Prah.
  This article about a German Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This biographical article relating to German athletics (track and field) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.Categories: 1942 births | Living people | German athletes | Long jumpers | Olympic athletes of East Germany | Olympic silver medalists for East Germany | Athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics | People from Legnica | People from the Province of Lower Silesia | German Olympic medalist stubs | German athletics biography stubs
