SG Dynamo Zinnwald is a sector of

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 ...

founded on October 15, 1956 and located in

Altenberg, Saxony Altenberg () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. Geography The town is situated in the Ore Mountains, 32 km south of Dresden, and 15 km northwest of Teplice, Czech Republic. The village of ...

. It was renamed on October 7, 1990 to ''Sächsischer Wintersportverein Altenberg''. In October 1992 the club teamed up with ''SV Zinnerz Altenberg'', the former BSG Stahl Altenberg to

SSV Altenberg SSV may refer to: * SSV (band), a German techno music group * Soviet command ship SSV-33 * Special Service Vehicles (SSVs), North American police vehicles * Small saphenous vein * SSV (game architecture), by SETA, Sammy, and Visco * SSV Helsinki ...

Sports covered

The main sports covered by the club were

biathlon 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 tim ...

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

and

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

. Mainly in biathlon, Dynamo Zinnwald with athletes as Birk Anders, Günter Bartnik,

Manfred Beer Manfred Beer (born 2 December 1953) is a former East German biathlete. During his career he won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as part of the East German 4 × 7.5 km relay team and two gold medals and one bronze medal in World C ...

Raik Dittrich Raik Dittrich (born 12 October 1968 in Sebnitz) is a retired East German biathlete who won two World Championships medals. He represented the sports club SG Dynamo Zinnwald / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () ...

Ricco Groß Ricco Groß (also spelled Gross, born 22 August 1970) is a former German biathlete whose exploits made him one of the most successful biathletes of all time at the Winter Olympics and the World Championships. Career He has been married to his wi ...

, Steffen Hauswald,

Andreas Heymann Andreas Heymann (born 26 December 1966) is a French biathlete. He competed in the men's 20 km individual event at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長 ...

Helmut Klöpsch Helmut Klöpsch (4 December 1939 – 13 September 2019) was a German biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olym ...

, Arne Kluge, Heinz Kluge,

Hansjörg Knauthe Hansjörg Knauthe (born 13 July 1944) is a retired East German 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 wh ...

Horst Koschka Horst Koschka (born 8 September 1943 in Altenberg) is a retired East German biathlete. He represented the sports club Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport associati ...

, Michael Lohschmidt,

Joachim Meischner Joachim Meischner (born 13 August 1946 in Zwönitz) is a retired East German biathlete. He represented the sports club SG Dynamo Zinnwald / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was ...

Hans-Dieter Riechel Hans-Dieter Riechel (18 December 1934 – 2 December 2014) was a German biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: I ...

Dieter Ritter Dieter Ritter (born 26 July 1941) is a German former biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Wintersp ...

Eberhard Rösch Eberhard Rösch (born 9 April 1954) is a former East German biathlete. Rösch finished third overall in the World Cup in the 1977–78 and 1979–80 seasons. He worked for 17 years as a Stasi informer. He is the father of the currently active ...

Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch (born 19 April 1964) is a German former biathlete. He was the first biathlete to win a World Cup race using the skating technique when he won in Oberhof in 1985. Achievements World Championships *2 time Junior World Cha ...

André Sehmisch André Sehmisch (born 27 September 1964 in Steinheidel-Erlabrunn) is a former German biathlete. Career In 1987 and 1989 he became world champion with the East German relay team. In 1986 he won the overall World Cup. After the German reunificati ...

Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert (29 April 1955 – 24 April 2016) was a German biathlete and biathlon coach who raced for East Germany. Career At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Siebert won a silver medal on the relay with the East German relay team ...

, Jens Steinigen and

Steffen Thierfelder Steffen is a surname and given name, and may refer to: *Albert Steffen (1884–1963), Swiss poet, painter, and novelist *Alex Steffen (b. 1968), American writer and environmental futurist *Anthony Steffen (1929–2004), Brazilian actor; acted in m ...

were one of the most successful clubs in this sport worldwide. In bobsport, Dynamo was represented by athletes as Matthias Benesch and

Harald Czudaj Harald Czudaj (born 14 February 1963) is a German former bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994. Czudaj also won four medals at the FIBT Wor ...

References

Official website

Multi-sport clubs in Germany Zinnwald Sports clubs and teams established in 1956 Sport in Altenberg, Saxony {{sport-org-stub