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Henry Glaß

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Henry Glaß

Glaß in 1970
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck Individual large hill
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Lahti Individual normal hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Vikersund Individual

Henry Glaß (born 15 February 1953 in Rodewisch) is an East German former ski jumper who competed during the 1970s.

His best-known success was at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he won a bronze medal in the individual large hill Event. Glaß also won a silver in the individual normal hill at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and a bronze at the 1977 Ski-Flying World Championships in Vikersund. He was trained by Harry Glaß to whom he is unrelated.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 174. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.