Klaus Ostwald

Klaus Ostwald
Country	East Germany
Born	(1958-08-26) 26 August 1958 (age 66) Bad Elster, East Germany
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Personal best	176 m (577 ft) Planica, 16 March 1979
World Cup career
Seasons	1980 1982–1986
Starts	42
Podiums	9
Wins	2
Medal record Men's ski jumping Representing  East Germany FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1984 Engelberg Team LH 1985 Seefeld Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1983 Harrachov Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Klaus Ostwald (born 26 August 1958) is an East German former ski jumper.

He won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1983 in Harrachov. Ostwald earned two medals in the team large hill at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 1984 and a bronze in 1985. His best individual finish at the world championships was 4th in the individual large hill in 1982. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was 13th in the normal hill at Sarajevo in 1984. He also had World Cup wins.

On 18 March 1979, at the 5th Ski Flying World Championships, he tied the ski jumping world record distance at 176 metres (577 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Yugoslavia.^[1][2]

Season	Overall	4H
1979/80	21	4
1981/82	17	12
1982/83	17	10
1983/84	7
1984/85	12
1985/86	37	55

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1981/82	31 January 1982	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K116	LH
2	1983/84	30 December 1983	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH

• Klaus Ostwald at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation