Peter Lesser Explained

Peter Lesser
Birth Date:	15 August 1941
Birth Place:	Eisenberg, Nazi Germany
Club:	SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
Personalbest:	145m (476feet) Tauplitz, Austria (21 March 1965)

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

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		Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria	141	463
21 March 1965		Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria	145.5	477
20 March 1965		Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria	147	482

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

External links

• • Peter Lesser at The-Sports.org

Notes and References

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