Gerd Heßler (born 13 September 1948 in

Tannenbergsthal Tannenbergsthal is a village and a former municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 October 2009, along with Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, it is part of the municipality Muldenhammer. Overview Located in the western pa ...

) is a former

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cross-country skier who competed in the 1970s. He earned two medals in the 4 x 10 km at the

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with a gold (1974) and a silver (1970). Hessler was also part of the 4 x 10 km relay team that finished 6th at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

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. He was at some stage married to the cross country skier

Monika Debertshäuser Monika Debertshãuser (later Heßler, born 18 September 1952) is a former East German cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. She was l ...

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1948 births Living people German male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for East Germany East German male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing People from Vogtlandkreis Skiers from Saxony Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt {{Germany-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub