Manfred Deckert (born 31 March 1961) is an East German former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

Career

He won the overall victory at the

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...

in the 1981–82 season. Deckert represented

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at the

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, winning a silver medal in the normal hill competition (tied with

Hirokazu Yagi (born 26 December 1959) is a Japanese former ski jumper. Career His best finish was a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, (Tied with Manfred Deckert of East Germany East Germa ...

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). He also won a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the

1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 took place January 16–27, 1985 in Seefeld, Austria (near Innsbruck). This was the fourth time the Innsbruck area hosted these championships, having done so in 1933, the 1964 Winter Olympics, and the 19 ...

in Seefeld. Deckert is currently the President for VSC Klingenthal / SC Dynamo Klingenthal.

World Cup

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* 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Halle (Saale) Skiers from Saxony-Anhalt Sportspeople from Bezirk Halle German male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for East Germany East German male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics East German male skiers {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub