Werner Lesser

Werner Lesser ( born August 22, 1932 † 15 January 2005 in Brotterode ) - also known because of several homonyms in Brotterode Werner Lesser II - was a ski jumper in the GDR.

Werner Lesser began his active time initially for steel Brotterode. He also held the annual international ski jumping on the Inselbergschanze part and improved twice the hill record. In the years 1952, 1953, 1957 and 1961 he was East German champion in special jumping. He had his best international placement in 1956 as a winner on the Kulm ski jump with a distance of 122 meters. Along with Harry Glaß and Helmut Recknagel he coined in the fifties, the ski jumping in the GDR.

Lesser worked in the German People's Police in the Thuringian ball bearing plant in Zella- Mehlis as an accountant before joining. In 1958 he became a candidate of the SED. For his athletic achievements, he was in 1958 awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. He received this medal also in 1974 for his services as a coach.

From 1962 to 1991 Lesser was involved as a base coach at the recruitment for ski jumpers in the power center in Brotterode. The Brotterode ski jumping arena bearing his name since 9 October 2009.