Michael Nikolay (born 13 December 1956) 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 with the East German team, respectively. Individually he won two bronze medals in the pommel horse at both Games; he also finished fourth on the horizontal bar and on the parallel bars in 1980.[1]
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Michael Nikolay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Nikolay in 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1956-12-13) 13 December 1956 (age 65) Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the world championships, he won a gold medal in the pommel horse in 1981 and a bronze in the team competition in 1978.[2] He also won a European silver in the pommel horse in 1977.[3]
World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Pommel Horse | |
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