- Helmut Recknagel
Helmut Recknagel (born
March 27 1937 ) is a former East Germanski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.Recknagel was born in
Steinbach-Hallenberg ,Thuringia .He earned a gold medal at the
1960 Winter Olympics inski jumping and also won theHolmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice (1957 and1960 ). At theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships , he won three medals: a bronze in1958 and two medals in1962 , a gold in the individual large hill and a bronze in the individual normal hill. For his ski jumping efforts, Recknagel was awarded theHolmenkollen medal in1960 (Shared withSixten Jernberg ,Sverre Stensheim , andTormod Knutsen ). He was the first German to win the Holmenkollen medal.External links
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* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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