Gerhard Grimmer

Gerhard Grimmer ( born April 6, 1943 in Katharinaberg ) is a former German cross-country skiers.

Life

He learned the trade of machinist and began in 1961 his competitive sports career. In 1974 he was. During the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun world champion over 50km and with the relay and vice world champion over 15km As early as 1970 he became vice world champion over 30 km and with the relay in Štrbské Pleso. Grimmer remained until 2003, the only German cross-country individual champion. He was considered the " best Central European cross-country skiers ".

Grimmer participated in three Olympic Winter Games (1968 in Grenoble, 1972 in Sapporo and 1976 in Innsbruck) part, but was able to mostly not achieve any success because of injuries or diseases. In 1970 and 1971 he won the 50- km race at Holmenkollen in Oslo. In 1975 he received the Holmenkollen medal.

From 1977 to 1980 he worked as an engineer - economist, conducted 1981-1990 ASK forward Oberhof and in 1990 President of the Thuringian Ski Association. In 1995 he resigned from his offices on charges of large state near the time of the GDR back.

1981, he published " The white trail ", the author Harry Gerlach represented the sporting life Gerhard Grimmers in biographical form. This especially the successful performance Grimmers was attributed political significance in international competitions.

Grimmer is married, has one daughter and lives in his hometown of Thuringia flea Seligenthal.

Awards (selection)

Sporting successes

With the numerous competitions in which Gerhard Grimmer took part in his playing days, he was able to achieve many excellent rankings. In the following, only victories are listed with a few exceptions: