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Barbara Petzold (later Beyer, born 8 August 1955) is a former East German Cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won two gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[1]
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| Country |  Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1955 Hammerunterwiesenthal, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Petzold also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three silvers (1974: 10 km, 4 × 5 km relay; 1978: 4 × 5 km relay) and one bronze (1982: 4 × 5 km relay).[2] She is sometimes listed as Barbara Petzold-Beyer in results lists.
She was a member of the East German legislature or Volkskammer.[citation needed]
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]
Olympic Games
edit- 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20 | 11 | 7 | Bronze |
| 1980 | 24 | 4 | Gold | Gold |
World Championships
edit- 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 20 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 18 | 4 | Silver | — | Silver |
| 1978 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 9 | Silver |
| 1982 | 26 | — | — | — | Bronze |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Petzold". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ 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. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
- ^ "PETZOLD-BEYER Barbara". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2019.