Klaus Gruner (born 22 August 1952 in Frankenhausen, Crimmitschau) is a former

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 ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored three goals.

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1952 births Living people German male handball players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Crimmitschau Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub