Henry Glaß

Henry Glaß (born 15 February 1953 in Rodewisch) is an East German former ski jumper who competed during the 1970s.

Henry Glaß

Glaß in 1970
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1976 InnsbruckIndividual large hill
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Lahti Individual normal hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Vikersund Individual

His best-known success was at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he won a bronze medal in the individual large hill Event. Glaß also won a silver in the individual normal hill at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and a bronze at the 1977 Ski-Flying World Championships in Vikersund. He was trained by Harry Glaß to whom he is unrelated.[1]

References

  1. Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 174. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.


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