Horst Nickel (4 March 1934 – 10 February 2023) was a German

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

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* 1934 births 2023 deaths German male biathletes Olympic biathletes for the United Team of Germany Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics People from Schmalkalden-Meiningen Sportspeople from Thuringia People from Bezirk Suhl East German male biathletes {{Germany-biathlon-bio-stub