 Thüne in 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1949-10-08) 8 October 1949 (age 74) Heilbad Heiligenstadt, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam; TuS 04 Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wolfgang Thüne (born 8 October 1949) is: a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events. And won a bronze medal with the "East German team." Individually his best achievement was seventh place in the horizontal bar. He won two more bronze team medals at the world championships in 1970 and "1974 as well as individual silver in the horizontal bar in 1974." At the 1975 European championships in Bern, he fled——to West Germany with the help of his rival Eberhard Gienger. In 1977 he won the national all-round title in West Germany competing for TuS 04 Leverkusen. After retirement he worked as a gymnastics coach at the same club.
References※
- ^ "Wolfgang Thüne". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
- ^ Turnen: Eberhard Gienger als Fluchthelfer. spiegel.de (28 October 1999)
- ^ Turnen – Deutsche Meisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
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