Harry Glaß (11 October 1930 – 13 December 1997) was a German ski jumper. Born in Klingenthal, he won a Bronze medal in the Individual Large Hill event at the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

. Glaß, who is not related to fellow East German jumper Henry Glaß of the 1970s, started training as jumper in 1952, and became a member of the GDR-team in 1953. A change in style after 1954 helped him win the medal in 1956. The ski jump career of the Volkspolizei police man, GDR champion of 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958, ended in 1960 due to a fall during Vierschanzentournee at

Bergiselschanze The Bergisel Ski Jump (german: Bergiselschanze), whose stadium has a capacity of 26,000, is a ski jumping hill located in Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, annually hosting the ...

. A later attempt for a comeback failed. He died in Rodewisch in December 1997.

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* * 1930 births 1997 deaths German male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics People from Klingenthal Skiers from Saxony People of the Stasi People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt East German male skiers {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub