Klaus Beer
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{{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}}
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'''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]].
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[[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]]
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