Axel Zitzmann
Axel Zitzmann is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1981.
Career
He won silver medal at the FIS [Ski Flying World Championships 1979] in Planica. Zitman's best World Cup event in ski jumping was third in the large hill event in 1981, also in Planica.On 17 March 1979, he crashed as trial jumper at ski jumping world record distance at 179 metres on Velikanka bratov Gorišek K165 in Planica, Yugoslavia.