Photojournalist Heinz Kluetmeier, whose portfolio includes iconic images of the "Miracle On Ice" and Michael Phelps' "Miracle Finish," has died at the age of 82.
The photographer offered some of the most defining pictures of sports’ biggest moments in the last half century, including Lynn Swann’s acrobatic catch in Super Bowl X and the US hockey team’s triumph in the Miracle on Ice.
Kluetmeier is best remembered for shooting the famous “Miracle on Ice” photo of Team USA men’s ... a shot of speed skater Eric Heiden in a gold suit and swimmer Michael Phelps after winning his first medal at the 2004 games in Athens.
Famed Sports Illustrated photog Heinz Kluetmeier died at the age of 82 after complications with Parkinson’s disease and a stroke.
Photographer Heinz Kluetmeier is perhaps best known for his more than 100 Sports Illustrated cover photos, including an iconic shot of the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' US Olympic hockey upset over the Soviet Union and the 2008 underwater photo that proved Michael Phelps’ seventh gold medal finish.
That photo landed on the cover of SI on March 3, 1980, the definitive image of the definitive sporting moment for Americans of the 20th century — the United States hockey team’s celebration after its improbable victory over the Soviet Union at the Lake Placid Olympics.
Heinz Kluetmeier, an award-winning photojournalist whose portfolio includes iconic Olympic images of the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980 and Michael Phelps’ “Miracle Finish” in 2008 ...
an award-winning photojournalist whose portfolio includes iconic Olympic images of the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980 and Michael Phelps’ “Miracle Finish” in 2008, has died. He was 82.
Heinz Kluetmeier, an award-winning photojournalist whose portfolio includes iconic Olympic images of the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980 and Michael Phelps’ “Miracle Finish” in 2008 ...
Including his unforgettable "Miracle on Ice" photo, Heinz Kluetmeier took numerous indelible images for Sports Illustrated, all while living in.
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It's been over 40 years since the "Miracle on Ice" saw the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the heavily favored Soviet Union hockey team in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. But while the team of Olympic heroes has received no shortage of recognition for their accomplishment through the