Helmut Recknagel

Updated：2008-07-09 09:57 | Source：beijing2008.cn

　　Squaw Valley February 1960, VIII Olympic Winter Games. Ski jumping 90m: eventual winner Helmut RECKNAGEL of Germany in action. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections/R徂BELT Lothar

　　Born: 20 March 1937

　　Birthplace: Steinbach-Hallenberg (Germany)

　　Nationality: Germany

　　Sport: Skiing

　　ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

　　Squaw Valley 1960

　　Innsbruck 1964

　　AWARDS

　　Olympic medals:

　　Gold: 1

　　Other results:

　　World Championships

　　Gold : 1 (62)

　　Bronze : 2 (58, 62)

　　First Non-Scandinavian Ski Jump Champion

　　Helmut Recknagel recorded the longest jump of each of the two rounds in the 1960 ski jumping contest and won the gold medal by 4.6 points.

　　An East German, he was the first non-Scandinavian to earn an Olympic ski jumping title. In 1964, a second jumping event was added and Recknagel entered both. He place sixth on the normal hill and seventh on the large hill.

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