Barbara Petzold Explained

Barbara Petzold
Birth Date:	1955 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Hammerunterwiesenthal, East Germany
Club:	SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal
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Barbara Petzold (later Beyer, born 8 August 1955) is a former East German Cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won two gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.^[1]

Petzold also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three silvers (1974: 10 km, 4 × 5 km relay; 1978: 4 × 5 km relay) and one bronze (1982: 4 × 5 km relay).^[2] She is sometimes listed as Barbara Petzold-Beyer in results lists.

She was a member of the East German legislature or Volkskammer.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[3]

Olympic Games

• 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	4 × 5 km   relay
	20
	24

World Championships

• 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	20 km	4 × 5 km   relay
	18	4	Silver		Silver
	22	15	17	9	Silver
	26	—	—	—	Bronze

Notes and References

1. Barbara Petzold . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000018/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/barbara-petzold-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 14 February 2019 .
2. Book: Kluge, Volker . Volker Kluge . 2 . Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien. . The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies. . . Berlin . 2004 . 3-89602-538-4 . de.
3. Web site: PETZOLD-BEYER Barbara . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 7 December 2019.