| Birth Place: | Geising, Germany |
| Club: | SG Dynamo Zinnwald / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.[1] [2] [3] |
| Sport: | Biathlon |
| Height: | 178 cm[4] |
| Weight: | 72 kg |
Hansjörg Knauthe (born 13 July 1944) is a retired East German biathlete. He won an individual silver and a team bronze medals at the 1972 Olympics. At the world championships he won a team bronze in 1970. He held the individual national title in 1969 and placed second in 1966, 1970 and 1971. Knauthe had a diploma of a sports teacher, but after retiring from competitions, he worked as a personal and property protector at the Saxon State Chancellery.[4]