Klaus Beer

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Competitor for East Germany
Olympic medalist
Klaus Beer, 1970
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Silver	1968 Mexico City	Long Jump
European Championships
Silver	Wien 1970	Long Jump
European Cup
Gold	Stockholm 1970	Long Jump

Klaus Beer (born November 14, 1942) is a former track and field athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany.

Biography

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 has coached Kofi Amoah Prah.

References

Sports Reference

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Name	Beer, Klaus
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Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	November 14, 1942
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Date of death
Place of death

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