Manfred Beer

East German biathlete

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Manfred Beer

Personal information

Full name

Manfred Beer

Born

(1953-12-02) 2 December 1953 (age 70)
Altenberg, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]

Professional information

Sport

Biathlon

Club

SG Dynamo Zinnwald

World Cup debut

13 January 1978

Olympic Games

Teams

1 (1976)

Medals

1 (0 gold)

World Championships

Teams

4 (1974, 1977, 1978, 1979)

Medals

3 (2 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

3 (1977/78–1979/80)

Individual victories

Individual podiums

Medal record

Men's biathlon

Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1976 Innsbruck	4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
	1978 Hochfilzen	4 × 7.5 km relay
	1979 Ruhpolding	4 × 7.5 km relay
	1977 Lillehammer	4 × 7.5 km relay

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 Championships, also as part of the 4 × 7.5 km relay team.^[1]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[2]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Relay
1976 Innsbruck	27th	Bronze

World Championships

3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
1974 Minsk	—	27th	4th
1977 Lillehammer	5th	15th	Bronze
1978 Hochfilzen	15th	—	Gold
1979 Ruhpolding	14th	—	Gold

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manfred Beer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.