Klaus Hirche (7 June 1939 – 3 May 2022) was a German

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

goaltender, who competed for SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He won the bronze medal competing for East Germany at the 1966 European Championships. Hirche also played for East Germany at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

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. He served on the national team's coaching staff when they finished in third place in Pool B of the 1971 World Championships.WM 1971
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Honours

;Dynamo Weißwasser * East German Ice Hockey Championship (12): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72

References

1939 births 2022 deaths German ice hockey goaltenders People from Weißwasser Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Lausitzer Füchse players Olympic ice hockey players of East Germany Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub