Horst Beyer (decathlete)
Horst Beyer (5 January 1940 – 9 December 2017) was a German decathlete who competed at the 1964 and 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1966, he earned a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships. Beyer died at the age of 77 in 2017, at a hospital in Hamburg.[1] Beyer was an honorary member of VfL Wolfsburg. During his active time as an athlete, he also started for Hamburger SV and USC Mainz.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "VfL Wolfsburg: Trauer um Horst Beyer" (in German). Lower Saxony Athletics Association. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ VfL Wolfsburg: Trauer um Horst Beyer, 11 December 2017, retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ Pamela Ruprecht: Archived (Date missing) at leichtathletik.de (Error: unknown archive URL), leichtathletik.de, 12 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Horst Beyer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Horst Beyer at Olympics.com
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