Rudolf DANNHAUER

Long-distance cross-country skier Rudolf Dannhauer from Oberhof in East Germany competed at the 1960 Squaw Valley and the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics with limited success in the 30 km and the 50 km events. He never won a singles title in East Germany but only a relay one in 1959 with ASK Vorwärts Oberhof. Dannahuer was married to his teammate Renate Dannhauer-Borges. He trained as an electromechanical engineer, but later became a youth coach in Oberhof.