Horst Koschka (born 8 September 1943 in Altenberg) is a retired

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

. He represented the sports club

Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East Germany. The association was founded on 27 ...

SG Dynamo Zinnwald SG Dynamo Zinnwald is a sector of SV Dynamo founded on October 15, 1956 and located in Altenberg, Saxony. It was renamed on October 7, 1990 to ''Sächsischer Wintersportverein Altenberg''. In October 1992 the club teamed up with ''SV Zinnerz Altenb ...

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1943 births Living people People from Altenberg, Saxony German male biathletes Sportspeople from Saxony Olympic biathletes for East Germany East German male biathletes Biathletes at the 1968 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics People from Bezirk Dresden {{Germany-biathlon-bio-stub