SG Dynamo Zinnwald is a sector of

SV Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East Germany. The association was founded on 27 ...

founded on October 15, 1956 and located in

Altenberg, Saxony Altenberg () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. Geography The town is situated in the Ore Mountains, 32 km south of Dresden, and 15 km northwest of Teplice, Czech Republic. The vill ...

. It was renamed on October 7, 1990 to ''Sächsischer Wintersportverein Altenberg''. In October 1992 the club teamed up with ''SV Zinnerz Altenberg'', the former BSG Stahl Altenberg to SSV Altenberg.

Sports covered

The main sports covered by the club were

biathlon 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 ...

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Fe ...

and luge. Mainly in biathlon, Dynamo Zinnwald with athletes as Birk Anders, Günter Bartnik, Manfred Beer, Raik Dittrich,

Ricco Groß Ricco Groß (also spelled Gross, born 22 August 1970) is a former German biathlete whose exploits made him one of the most successful biathletes of all time at the Winter Olympics and the World Championships. Career He has been married to his wi ...

, Steffen Hauswald, Andreas Heymann, Helmut Klöpsch, Arne Kluge,

Heinz Kluge Heinz Kluge (born 21 May 1938) is a German biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), ...

Hansjörg Knauthe Hansjörg Knauthe (born 13 July 1944) is a retired East German biathlete. He won an individual silver and a team bronze medals at the 1972 Olympics. At the world championships he won a team bronze in 1970. He held the individual national titl ...

Horst Koschka Horst Koschka (born 8 September 1943 in Altenberg) is a retired East German biathlete. He represented the sports club Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo / SG Dynamo Zinnwald SG Dynamo Zinnwald is a sector of SV Dynamo founded on October 15, 1 ...

Michael Lohschmidt Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

, Joachim Meischner, Hans-Dieter Riechel, Dieter Ritter, Eberhard Rösch,

Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch (born 19 April 1964) is a German former biathlete. He was the first biathlete to win a World Cup race using the skating technique when he won in Oberhof in 1985. Achievements World Championships *2 time Junior World Cha ...

, André Sehmisch,

Klaus Siebert Klaus Siebert (29 April 1955 – 24 April 2016) was a German biathlete and biathlon coach who raced for East Germany. Career At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Siebert won a silver medal on the relay with the East German relay team ...

Jens Steinigen Jens Steinigen (born 2 September 1966) is a former East German and German biathlete. He started his career in 1984, and became junior world champion. Due to the sporting problems in the DDR he failed to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Ca ...

and Steffen Thierfelder were one of the most successful clubs in this sport worldwide. In bobsport, Dynamo was represented by athletes as Matthias Benesch and Harald Czudaj.

References

Official website

Multi-sport clubs in Germany Zinnwald Sports clubs and teams established in 1956 Sport in Altenberg, Saxony {{sport-org-stub