Roland Brückner
Roland Brückner in 1978
Personal information
Country represented East Germany
Born (1955-12-14) 14 December 1955
Köthen, East Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1980 MoscowFloor
Silver medal – second place1980 MoscowTeam
Bronze medal – third place1976 MontrealTeam
Bronze medal – third place1980 MoscowVault
Bronze medal – third place1980 MoscowParallel bars
Friendship Games
Gold medal – first place1984 OlomoucFloor
Bronze medal – third place1984 OlomoucTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1979 Fort WorthFloor
Bronze medal – third place1978 StrasbourgTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1981 RomeFloor

Roland Brückner (born 14 December 1955) is a retired East German gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze and a silver medal in the team competition, respectively. Individually he won a gold in the floor exercise and two bronze medals in the vault and parallel bars in 1980.[1] He won two more gold medals in the floor exercise at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships[2] and 1981 European championships.[3] He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by East Germany and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a gold on the floor and a silver in the team competition.

He retired from competitions shortly after the 1984 Friendship Games and later worked as a trainer, near Ulm in Germany and at the NKL Liestal, Switzerland.[4] He was chosen the 1984 Gymnast of the Year in East Germany. He is married and has two children, Sandra and Thomas.[5][6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Roland Brückner". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
  3. ↑ Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Trainerflucht hält an: Olympiasiegerin Maxi Gnauck wechselt in die Schweiz Archived 12 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, GYMmedia.de (18 July 2005)
  5. ↑ Roland Brückner (GDR). gymn-forum.net
  6. ↑ Wiedersehen mit Roland Brückner (interview in German). gymmedia.com (9 January 2000)


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