Peter Lesser

Peter Lesser (born 15 August 1941) is an East German former ski jumper.

Peter Lesser
Peter Lesser in Oberhof 1963
Country East Germany
Born (1941-08-15) 15 August 1941
Eisenberg, Nazi Germany
Ski clubSC Motor Zella-Mehlis
Personal best145 m (476 ft)
Tauplitz, Austria
(21 March 1965)

Career

In 1962 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane, he reached fifth place on the large hill.[1]

He improved world record two times; 141 metres (463 ft) in 1962 and 145.5 metres (477 ft) in 1965, both on Kulm ski flying hill in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria.[2][3][4][5]

Ski jumping world records
Date Hill Location Metres Feet
1 March 1962   Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 141 463
21 March 1965   Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 145.5 477
20 March 1965   Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 147 482

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.[6]

References
  1. Egon Theiner: Enzyklopädie des Skispringens, S. 159
  2. "Šlibarjev svetovni rekord ogrožen? (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 2 March 1962.
  3. "P. Lesser: 145.5 m! (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1965.
  4. "Peter Lesser - Kulm 1965 - 145.5 m - World record". YouTube. 21 March 1965.
  5. "Skiflugweltrekorde". Skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  6. "145.5 m nov svetovni rekord / Peter Lesser 147 m p. (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 22 March 1965.
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