Klaus Ostwald

Klaus Ostwald is an East German former ski jumper.

Career

He won the FIS [Ski Flying World Championships 1983] in Harrachov. Ostwald earned two medals in the team large hill at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in FIS [Nordic World Ski Championships 1984|1984] and a bronze in FIS Nordic [World Ski Championships 1985|1985]. His best individual finish at the world championships was 4th in the individual large hill in 1982. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was 13th in the normal hill at Sarajevo in 1984 [Winter Olympics|1984]. He also had World Cup wins.
On 18 March 1979, at the 5th Ski Flying World Championships, he tied the ski jumping world record distance at 176 metres on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Yugoslavia.