Reinhard Heß

Reinhard Heß (13 June 1945 – 24 December 2007) was a German ski jumping coach. He was the national team's coach from 1993 until 2003, [ [http://eskijumping.com/index.php?a=trenerzy&b=sylwetka&id=6 Profile at eSkijumping.com] (retrieved 12/28/07)] helping the sport in becoming popular in Germany. [ [http://www.germany.info/relaunch/info/publications/infocus/olympics2002/hannow.html Official webpage of the German embassy in Washington, D.C.] (retrieved 12/28/07)]

Heß was born in Lauscha. The jumpers he trained included Martin Schmitt, who won the world cup two times and Sven Hannawald, who won the Four Hills Tournament in 2002. With 21 medals won in world championships and Olympic Games combined, Heß was Germany's most successful ski jumping coach.cite news | url = http://www.n-tv.de/896599.html | title = Skisprung-Trainerlegende: Reinhard Heß gestorben | language = German | publisher = n-tv | date = 2007-12-24 | first = Uwe | last = Jentzsch] He died of pancreatic cancer in Bad Berka. [cite news | title = Germany mourns former ski-jump coach Hess | publisher = Khaleej Times | url = http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/sports/2007/December/sports_December1082.xml&section=sports&subsection=miscellaneous | date = 2007-12-26]

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