Matthias Brehme (born 7 February 1943) is a German former

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. He competed at the

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and

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in all artistic gymnastics events and won two bronze medals with the East German team. Individually his best achievement was shared sixth place in the vault in 1972. He won two more bronze team medals at the world championships in 1966 and 1970 and finished second in the pommel horse at the European championships in 1972.

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1943 births Living people People from Markkleeberg German male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Saxony Olympic gymnasts for East Germany East German male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze 20th-century German people 21st-century German people People from Bezirk Leipzig {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub