Ernst Gerlach

For the Prussian politician, see Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach.
Olympic medal record
Men's handball
Representing  East Germany
1980 Moscow Team
World Championship
1978 Denmark

Ernst Gerlach (born 19 March 1947 in Schönebeck) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He played as a centre back.

He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played one match and scored two goals.

At the 1978 World Championship he came third with the German team.

At club level he played for SC Magdeburg, where he won the 1970, 1977, 1980, 1981 and 1982 East German championships.[1]

In 1980 he was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.[2]

  1. ^ Volker Kluge (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge und Biographien. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. ISBN 3-89602-348-9.
  2. ^ Neues Deutschland, 22. August 1980, page 3


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