Barbara Petzold

Barbara Petzold (later Beyer, born 8 August 1955) is a former East German Cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. She won two gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay, and a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Petzold also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning three silvers (1974: 10 km, 4 × 5 km relay; 1978: 4 × 5 km relay) and one bronze (1982: 4 × 5 km relay). She is sometimes listed as Barbara Petzold-Beyer in results lists.

She was a member of the East German legislature or Volkskammer.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

3 medals – (2 gold, 1 bronze)

World Championships

4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze)

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German female cross-country skiers

1955 births

Living people

Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for East Germany

Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany

Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing

Female members of the Volkskammer

Members of the Volkskammer

German sportsperson-politicians

Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics

People from Oberwiesenthal

Olympic cross-country skiers for East Germany

East German female cross-country skiers

People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt

Skiers from Saxony

Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver

Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians

Leipzig University alumni

Humboldt University of Berlin alumni