Joachim Meischner (born 13 August 1946 in
Zwönitz
Zwönitz (; Upper Sorbian language, Upper Sorbian: ''Zwonica'') is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of Stollberg, and southwest of Chemnitz.
Parts of the town
Zwönitz consists of:
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) is a retired
East German
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...
biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...
.
He represented the sports club
SG Dynamo Zinnwald /
Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo
The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the Sports associations (East Germany), sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Stasi, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East ...
. He won the bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo 1972.
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References
1946 births
Living people
German male biathletes
Biathletes at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for East Germany
East German male biathletes
Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
Olympic medalists in biathlon
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
People from Erzgebirgskreis
Biathletes from Saxony
Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
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