Klaus Beer 4505782 223272311 2008-07-03T10:19:42Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{MedalTop}} {{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Athletics]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]||Long Jump}} {{MedalSport|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|[[1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|Wien 1970]]|Long Jump}} {{MedalGold|European Cup in Stockholm 1970|Long Jump}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Klaus Beer''' (born [[November 14]], [[1942]]) is a former [[track and field]] athlete active in the 1960s for [[East Germany]]. Beer was born in [[Legnica|Liegnitz (Legnica)]], [[Province of Lower Silesia]]. Beer won the silver medal in the [[long jump]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]], well behind [[Bob Beamon]]'s record setting performance – Beamon jumped 8,90 m, while Beer jumped 8,19 m. Beer was a seven time (1961, 1962, 1964, 1967-1970) East German champion competing outdoors and a national champion four times (1965, 1968-1970) indoors. He came in second at the [[European Indoor Athletics Championships]] in [[1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|1970]]. He also came in second at the 1970 [[European Cup (athletics)|European Cup Finals]], Europe's team championship, which East Germany won that year. He currently coaches [[Kofi Amoah Prah]]. {{BD|1942||Beer, Klaus}} [[Category:German athletes]] [[Category:Long jumpers]] [[Category:Olympic athletes of East Germany]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for East Germany]] [[Category:Athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:People from Legnica]] [[Category:People from the Province of Lower Silesia]] {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub}} {{Germany-athletics-bio-stub}} [[de:Klaus Beer]] [[fr:Klaus Beer]]