Klaus Siebert
Klaus Siebert ( born April 29, 1955 in Schlettau, Circle Annaberg ) is a biathlon coach and former German biathlete.
Siebert was one of the outstanding biathletes in the late 1970s. In the Biathlon World Championships 1979 in Ruhpolding, he was world champion for over 20 kilometers. With the DDR - season he could win the 1978 and 1979 world championship title. 1980 in Lake Placid, he won at the Olympic Games silver team, for which he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. In 1979, he won the overall World Cup in biathlon. In the years 1978 and 1980 he was behind Frank Ullrich each occupying second place in the World Cup.
After his playing days Siebert became a coach. He served as coach of the junior selection in the GDR (1984-1990), among others, for a long time the former Altenberg athletes Ricco Gross, he worked as a private coach from 1988 to 2002 in parallel to other commitments. From 1994 to 1998 he trained, among others, Katja Beer, Carsten Pump and Carsten Heymann at the Olympic Training Center Altenberg. Subsequently, he served until 2002 as an assistant coach of the German national team.
2002 to 2005, Siebert was national coach of the Austrian team, where he focuses forced the shooting training. In July 2006 he signed a two -year contract with the Chinese Biathlon Association, in which he acted as the head coach. Through his work, the performance of almost all Chinese biathletes were stable. Many made a big leap in performance and improved especially their shooting performance. In 2008, his contract was not renewed because there was a dispute concerning the operations of the athletes in the Asian Cup.
Shortly before the start of the 2008/2009 season was Siebert known to have signed a contract with the Association of Belarus. However, it could take up due to health problems shortly before the first World Cup in Östersund his work station. After Siebert could lead the Belarusian biathletes already remarkable international success in the World Cup and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Darya Domratschawa he introduced to the world class, which culminated in the Bronze medal in Vancouver and the Olympic victories in pursuit, individual and mass start in Sochi.