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Yesterday a great loss has affected the world of biathlon. & Egrave; in fact dead Klaus Siebert, the character of success first as an athlete and later as a coach.
Monday 25 April 2016 3 minutes reading time
Born in Schlettau -nell''allora East Germany - April 29, 1955, for the first time he jumped to the headlines in 1975, when (still et & agrave; juniors) wins the world championship bronze medalist in the Antholz sprint.
The Saxon name comes indelibly in the history of the biathlon 13 January 1978. That day in Ruhpolding is staged the first race ever valid for the World Cup. Siebert wins, surpassing compatriot Eberhard R & ouml; sch and German Andreas dell''ovest Schewiger. A few weeks later, the World Cup in Hochfilzen, gets the bronze in the sprint again.
Its winter of grace to memorize options & Egrave; that of 1979. Also in Ruhpolding he puts the 'gold medal standings nell''individuale and above all, at the end of the season in the neck, cradled in the hands Crystal ball. Total wins 8 wins and 17 podiums in the maximum circuit, before retiring still very young.
The rifle hanging on a nail, he began working as a youth coach in Germany, at least until 2002, when he joined the coaching staff of the Austrian team. After which & eacute; from 2005 to 2008 he held the position of head coach of the Chinese team.
In this period they begin to show the first symptoms of cancer that will mark all''intestino & agrave; the last years of his life. Despite it all, from 2008 to 2014 he worked as a technician of the shot for Belarus, holding a key part in the growth process of Darya Domracheva, culminating with three Olympic golds in Sochi in 2014.
Left his post at the end dell''inverno 2013 - '' 14, & egrave; He died on Sunday, five days before his sixty-first birthday. In his palmares also an Olympic silver in the relay, arrived in Lake Placid in 1980.
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