Helmut Recknagel

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Helmut Recknagel

Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  
Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Squaw Valley Individual large hill
Representing  East Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place
1962 Zakopane
Individual large hill
Bronze medal – third place
1958 Lahti
Individual large hill
Bronze medal – third place
1962 Zakopane
Individual normal hill

Helmut Recknagel (born 20 March 1937 in Steinbach-Hallenberg) is an East German former ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

He earned a gold medal at the

Holmenkollen medal in 1960 (shared with Sixten Jernberg, Sverre Stensheim, and Tormod Knutsen
). He was the first German to win the Holmenkollen medal.

References


Awards
Preceded by
East German Sportsman of the Year

1962
Succeeded by