Peter Lesser

German ski jumper
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Peter Lesser
Lesser in Oberhof, 1963
Country East Germany
Born (1941-08-15) 15 August 1941 (age 82)
Eisenberg, Nazi Germany
Ski clubSC Motor Zella-Mehlis
Personal best145 m (476 ft)
Tauplitz, Austria
(21 March 1965)

Peter Lesser (born 15 August 1941) is an East German former ski jumper.

Career

In 1962 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane, he reached fifth place on the large hill.[1]

He improved world record two times; 141 metres (463 ft) in 1962 and 145.5 metres (477 ft) in 1965, both on Kulm ski flying hill in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria.[2][3][4][5]

Ski jumping world records

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
1 March 1962   Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 141 463
21 March 1965   Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 145.5 477
20 March 1965   Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 147 482

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.[6]

References

  1. ^ Egon Theiner: Enzyklopädie des Skispringens, S. 159
  2. ^ "Šlibarjev svetovni rekord ogrožen? (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 2 March 1962.
  3. ^ "P. Lesser: 145.5 m! (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1965.
  4. ^ "Peter Lesser - Kulm 1965 - 145.5 m - World record". YouTube. 21 March 1965.
  5. ^ "Skiflugweltrekorde". Skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  6. ^ "145.5 m nov svetovni rekord / Peter Lesser 147 m p. (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1965.
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