Dieter Speer
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Full name | Dieter Speer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1942-02-24) 24 February 1942 (age 82) Legnica, Lower Silesia, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 2 (1968, 1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dieter Speer (born 24 February 1942) is a former East German biathlete.
He was the first German to hold the title when he became world champion in biathlon in 1971, beating the outstanding Alexander Tikhonov over 20 kilometres. Tikhonov could be said to be partly responsible for Speer's success, since the rifle was a gift from Tikhonov.[1]
Speer was able to return the favour a year later at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, lending Tikhonov his ski when the latter fell during the relay and broke a ski. In that event, the Russians won, and the East German team only got a bronze medal.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]
Olympic Games
1 medal (1 bronze)
Event | Individual | Relay |
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1968 Grenoble | 18th | 6th |
1972 Sapporo | 13th | Bronze |
World Championships
3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)
Event | Individual | Relay |
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1969 Zakopane | 21st | 5th |
1970 Östersund | 4th | Bronze |
1971 Hämeenlinna | Gold | 10th |
1973 Lake Placid | 13th | Bronze |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
References
External links
- Dieter Speer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- SGD Zinnwald
- Article of the German Soviet Alliance (in German)
- Portrait Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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- 1959: Vladimir Melanin
- 1961: Kalevi Huuskonen
- 1962: Vladimir Melanin
- 1963: Vladimir Melanin
- 1965: Olav Jordet
- 1966: Jon Istad
- 1967: Viktor Mamatov
- 1969: Alexander Tikhonov
- 1970: Alexander Tikhonov
- 1971: Dieter Speer
- 1973: Alexander Tikhonov
- 1974: Juhani Suutarinen
- 1975: Heikki Ikola
- 1977: Heikki Ikola
- 1978: Odd Lirhus
- 1979: Klaus Siebert
- 1981: Heikki Ikola
- 1982: Frank Ullrich
- 1983: Frank Ullrich
- 1985: Juri Kashkarov
- 1986: Valeriy Medvedtsev
- 1987: Frank-Peter Roetsch
- 1989: Eirik Kvalfoss
- 1990: Valeriy Medvedtsev
- 1991: Mark Kirchner
- 1993: Andreas Zingerle
- 1995: Tomasz Sikora
- 1996: Sergei Tarasov
- 1997: Ricco Groß
- 1999: Sven Fischer
- 2000: Wolfgang Rottmann
- 2001: Paavo Puurunen
- 2003: Halvard Hanevold
- 2004: Raphaël Poirée
- 2005: Roman Dostál
- 2007: Raphaël Poirée
- 2008: Emil Hegle Svendsen
- 2009: Ole Einar Bjørndalen
- 2011: Tarjei Bø
- 2012: Jakov Fak
- 2013: Martin Fourcade
- 2015: Martin Fourcade
- 2016: Martin Fourcade
- 2017: Lowell Bailey
- 2019: Arnd Peiffer
- 2020: Martin Fourcade
- 2021: Sturla Holm Lægreid
- 2023: Johannes Thingnes Bø
- 2024: Johannes Thingnes Bø
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