Andreas Wecker
German gymnast
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| Born | (1970-01-02) 2 January 1970 (age 54) Staßfurt, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andreas Wecker (born 2 January 1970 in Staßfurt)[1] is a German former gymnast who had a long and successful career. He was European, World and Olympic champion. His greatest achievement was the gold medal on high bar at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he beat gymnasts of such quality as Vitaly Scherbo and Alexei Nemov. In 1989 Wecker was named the last East German Sportsman of the Year. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.[2]
Wecker qualified for the German team for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Just days before his events, he suffered a serious shoulder injury where he tore a biceps muscle in his shoulder, ending his career. Today, Wecker is the chairman and founder of Andreas Seed Oils, headquartered in Bend, Oregon and distributed through his office in Germany.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Wecker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ GYMmedia.de Archived 13 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- OlympiaStatistik (in German)
- Andreas Wecker at the International Gymnastics Federation
External links
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- Andreas Wecker at Olympics.com
- Andreas Wecker at Olympedia
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| Preceded by | East German Sportsman of the Year 1989 | Succeeded by |
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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar
- 1896:
Hermann Weingärtner (GER) - 1904:
Anton Heida (USA)
1904: Edward Hennig (USA) - 1924:
Leon Štukelj (YUG) - 1928:
Georges Miez (SUI) - 1932:
Dallas Bixler (USA) - 1936:
Aleksanteri Saarvala (FIN) - 1948: Josef Stalder (SUI)
- 1952: Jack Günthard (SUI)
- 1956:
Takashi Ono (JPN) - 1960: Takashi Ono (JPN)
- 1964:
Boris Shakhlin (URS) - 1968: Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
1968: Mikhail Voronin (URS) - 1972: Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)
- 1976: Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)
- 1980:
Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) - 1984: Shinji Morisue (JPN)
- 1988: Vladimir Artemov (URS)
1988: Valeri Liukin (URS) - 1992:
Trent Dimas (USA) - 1996:
Andreas Wecker (GER) - 2000:
Alexei Nemov (RUS) - 2004:
Igor Cassina (ITA) - 2008:
Zou Kai (CHN) - 2012:
Epke Zonderland (NED) - 2016: Fabian Hambüchen (GER)
- 2020:
Daiki Hashimoto (JPN)
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