Matthias Wiegand (born 22 April 1954) is a retired

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

track cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

. In this discipline he won a silver medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, as well as two gold medals at the world championships in 1977 and 1978; his team finished in fourth place at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

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1954 births Living people East German male cyclists Olympic cyclists for East Germany Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Olympic silver medalists for East Germany People from Plauen Cyclists from Saxony Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub