Klaus Ostwald (born 26 August 1958) 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 1984 and a bronze in 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. 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 (577 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Yugoslavia. World Cup Standings Wins Ski jumping world record References External links 1958 births Living people People from Bad Elster German male ski jumpers Sportspeople from Saxony Olympic ski jumpers of East Germany Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping