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East German gymnast
Wolfgang Thüne
Thüne in 1974
Personal information
Born (1949-10-08) 8 October 1949 (age 75)
Heilbad Heiligenstadt, East Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubASK Vorwärts Potsdam; TuS 04 Leverkusen
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1974 Varna Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Ljubljana Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Varna Team

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

  1. "Wolfgang Thüne". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
  3. Turnen: Eberhard Gienger als Fluchthelfer. spiegel.de (28 October 1999)
  4. Turnen – Deutsche Meisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de


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