Henry Glaß (born 15 February 1953 in

Rodewisch Rodewisch is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3 km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20 km east of Plauen. Demographics Historical population: Famous people born in Rodewisch * ...

) is an

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former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed during the 1970s. His best-known success was at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

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, where he won a bronze medal in the individual large hill Event. Glaß also won a silver in the individual normal hill at the

1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 took place February 18–26, 1978 in Lahti, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borde ...

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and a bronze at the 1977 Ski-Flying World Championships in

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. He was trained by Harry Glaß to whom he is unrelated.

References

* * 1953 births Living people People from Rodewisch People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt German male ski jumpers Sportspeople from Saxony Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic ski jumpers of East Germany Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub