Henry Glaß (born 15 February 1953 in

Rodewisch Rodewisch is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 3km north of Auerbach (Vogtland), and 20km east of Plauen. Sputnik 1 Sputnik 1 (, , ''Satellite 1''), sometimes referred to as simply ...

) is an

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

who competed during the 1970s. His best-known success was at the

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, where he won a bronze medal in the individual large hill Event. Glaß also won a silver in the individual normal hill at the

1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 took place February 18–26, 1978 in Lahti, Finland. This was Lahti's record fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1926, 1938, and 1958. The women's 20 km event was added. Me ...

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and a bronze at the 1977 Ski-Flying World Championships in

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. He was trained by

Harry Glaß Harry Glaß (11 October 1930 – 13 December 1997) was a German ski jumper. Born in Klingenthal, he won a bronze medal in the Individual Large Hill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Glaß, who is not related to fellow East German jumper Henry ...

to whom he is unrelated.

References

* * 1953 births Living people People from Rodewisch Skiers from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt German male ski jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic ski jumpers for East Germany East German male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub