The East Germany national football team, recognised as Germany DR by FIFA, represented East Germany in men's international football, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.
Bernd Bransch was a footballer from East Germany who played as a sweeper.
Bernd Walter Stange is a German football manager who last managed the Syria national team.
The East German national men's ice hockey team was a national ice hockey representing the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The first international game was played in East Berlin on 28 January 1951, losing 3–8 to Team Poland.
Bernd Nickel was a German professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. Due to his straight shots his nickname was "Doktor Hammer".
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
East Germany competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. East German athletes had competed together with West German athletes as the United Team of Germany in the previous three Winter Olympic Games, but both nations sent independent teams starting in 1968.
Bernd Dittert is a retired racing cyclist from East Germany who won the bronze medal for his native country in the men's 4,000m individual pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial (road), alongside Michael Rich, Christian Meyer and Uwe Peschel.
Jörg Landvoigt is a retired German rower.
Bernd Dießner is a retired East German long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.
Bernd Baumgart is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Bernd Dörfel is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
The 1970 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. 21 nations participated in three different divisions or pools:
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, sometimes referred to by her initials of AKK, is a retired German politician who served as Minister of Defence from 2019 to 2021 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2018 to 2021.
Ortrun Zöphel-Enderlein is a former East German (GDR) luger, and one of the most successful lugers in the 1960s. Enderlein started her working career at the SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal, and was first introduced to luge in her home village of Raschau in the Ore Mountains. In the 1964 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, she became the first female luger to win gold at the Olympics. and won the World Cup in 1965 in Davos and 1967 in Hammarstrand. The athletic achievements of the lugers Thomas Köhler and Enderlein were celebrated and politicised in the GDR during the Cold War when the GDR was not recognised by West Germany, and athletic events in either part of Germany with athletes from both countries were not permitted because of the Hallstein Doctrine.
Bernd Drogan is a retired East German cyclist who was active between 1971 and 1987. In 1979 he won a gold and a bronze medal in the road race at the World Cycling Championships, with the German team and individually. Next year he won a silver medal in the 100 km team time trial at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Bernd Metzke is a former East German male handball player. He was a member of the East Germany national handball team. He was part of the team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. On club level he played for ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt in Frankfurt.
Bernd Kaiser is a German coxswain. He was the cox of the East German eight that became world champion in 1978.
Bernd Frieberg is a rower who competed for East Germany.
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