Ralf-Peter Hemmann (born 8 December 1958) is a retired

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. He competed 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 ...

in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal with the East German team. Individually he finished fourth in the vault and horizontal bar. He won a team bronze medal at the world championships in 1978 and an individual gold in the vault in 1981.

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* 1958 births Sportspeople from Dresden Living people German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for East Germany East German male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships People from Bezirk Dresden {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub