Manfred Beer (born 2 December 1953) 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 ...

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 ...

. During his career he won a bronze medal 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 ...

as part of the East German 4 × 7.5 km relay team and two gold medals and one bronze medal in World Championships, also as part of the 4 × 7.5 km relay team.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...

Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 bronze)''

World Championships

''3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

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SGD Zinnwald
1953 births Living people People from Altenberg, Saxony People from Bezirk Dresden German male biathletes Sportspeople from Saxony Olympic biathletes for East Germany Biathletes at the 1976 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Biathlon World Championships medalists East German male biathletes {{Germany-biathlon-bio-stub