Roland Brückner

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.

Roland Brückner
Roland Brückner in 1978
Personal information
Country represented Germany
Born (1955-12-14) 14 December 1955
Köthen, Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Olympic Games
1980 MoscowFloor
1980 MoscowTeam
1976 MontrealTeam
1980 MoscowVault
1980 MoscowParallel bars
Friendship Games
1984 OlomoucFloor
1984 OlomoucTeam
World Championships
1979 Fort WorthFloor
1978 StrasbourgTeam
European Championships
1981 RomeFloor

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. 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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