Michael Nikolay

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]

Michael Nikolay
Nikolay in 1979
Personal information
Country represented East Germany
Born (1956-12-13) 13 December 1956
East Berlin, East Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Olympic Games
1980 MoscowTeam
1976 MontrealPommel horse
1976 MontrealTeam
1980 MoscowPommel horse
World Championships
1981 MoscowPommel horse
1978 StrasbourgTeam
European Championships
1977 VilnaPommel horse

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]

References

  1. "Michael Nikolay". 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


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