Gert-Dietmar Klause

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Gert-Dietmar Klause
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1976 Innsbruck	50 km
World Championships
	1974 Falun	4 × 10 km relay
	1970 Vysoké Tatry	4 × 10 km relay

Gert-Dietmar Klause (born 25 March 1945) is a former East German cross-country skier who competed at three Olympic Games from 1968 to 1976. He won a silver medal in the 50 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.^[1]

Klause won two medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (gold: 1974, silver: 1970.) His best individual finish was a 4th in the 15 km in 1970.

In 1975, he won Vasaloppet as the first and only East German winner.^[2]

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[3]

Olympic Games

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1 medal – (1 silver)

Year	Age	15 km	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km relay
1968	22	33	19	25	7
1972	26	13	8	9	6
1976	30	9	6	Silver	DNF

World Championships

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2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

Year	Age	15 km	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km relay
1970	24	4	5	—	Silver
1974	28	—	—	—	Gold
1978	32	29	20	25	8

References

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gert-Dietmar Klause". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^ "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Athlete : KLAUSE Gert-Dietmar". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.