Hansjörg Knauthe

{{short description|East German biathlete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}

{{expand German|topic=bio|date=July 2021|Hansjörg Knauthe}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|image = Hansjörg Knauthe and Lars-Göran Arwidson 1972.jpg

| caption = Knauthe (left) at the 1972 Olympics

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|13 July 1944}}

| birth_place = Geising, Germany

| club = SG Dynamo Zinnwald / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee – Athletes][http://www.sportmuseum-leipzig.de/Ablage-Zeitung/4-2001/seite-6_A.htm Seite 6] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121053630/http://www.sportmuseum-leipzig.de/Ablage-Zeitung/4-2001/seite-6_A.htm |date=21 November 2012 }}[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/autogramme/listen/angebote/sportarten/ski_nordisch_1.htm Autogrammliste Ski Nordisch 001-208]

| sport=Biathlon

| height = 178 cm{{Cite sports-reference |title = Hansjörg Knauthe |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/hansjorg-knauthe-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417103123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/hansjorg-knauthe-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 11 October 2018 }}

| weight = 72 kg

| medaltemplates=

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{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalSilver|1972 Sapporo | 20 km}}

{{MedalBronze|1972 Sapporo | 4 × 7.5 km}}

{{MedalWorldChampionships}}

{{MedalBronze |1970 Östersund|{{nowrap|4 × 7.5 km}}}}

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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.