Klaus Beer (born November 14, 1942 in Legnica, Poland) is a German former track and field athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany. Beer won the silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics, well behind Bob Beamon's record setting performance - Beamon jumped 8,90 m, while Beer jumped 8,19 m. Beer was a seven time (1961, 1962, 1964, 1967-1970) East German champion competing outdoors and a national champion four times (1965, 1968-1970) indoors. Wikipedia
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