Klaus Beer is a former track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany.

Beer was born in Liegnitz (Legnica)

Legnica

Legnica is a town in south-western Poland, in Silesia, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa and Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county...

, Province of Lower Silesia

Province of Lower Silesia

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Beer won the silver medal in the long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

 at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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, well behind Bob Beamon

Bob Beamon

Robert "Bob" Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, which remained the world record for almost 23 years until it was broken in 1991 by Mike Powell. This is the second longest holding of this record, as...

's record setting performance – Beamon jumped 8.90 m, while Beer jumped 8.19 m.

Beer was a seven time (1961, 1962, 1964, 1967-1970) East German champion competing outdoors and a national champion four times (1965, 1968-1970) indoors. He came in second at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in 1970

1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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. He also came in second at the 1970 European Cup Finals

European Cup (athletics)

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, Europe's team championship, which East Germany won that year.

He has coached Kofi Amoah Prah

Kofi Amoah Prah

Kofi Amoah Prah is a retired German long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships, finished seventh at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, eleventh at the 1998 European Championships and fifth at the 2000 Olympic Games.He represented the sports clubs Berliner SC and LAC...

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