Roland Brückner

Roland Brückner
— Gymnast —
Roland Brückner in 1978
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	14 December 1955 Köthen, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record Summer Olympics 1980 Moscow Floor 1980 Moscow Team 1976 Montreal Team 1980 Moscow Vault 1980 Moscow Parallel bars Friendship Games 1984 Olomouc Floor 1984 Olomouc Team World Championships 1979 Fort Worth Floor 1978 Strasbourg Team European Championships 1981 Rome Floor

Roland Brückner (born 14 December 1955) is a retired 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

1. "Roland Brückner". sports-reference. 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, 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)

External links

• National championships. gymmedia.com