Roland Brückner (born 14 December 1955) is a retired East German gymnast. He competed at the

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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 bronze and a silver medal in the team competition, respectively. Individually he won a gold in the floor exercise and two bronze medals in the vault and parallel bars in 1980. He won two more gold medals in the floor exercise at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 1981 European championships. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by East Germany and competed at the

Friendship Games The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many differ ...

instead, winning a gold on the floor and a silver in the team competition. He retired from competitions shortly after the 1984 Friendship Games and later worked as a trainer, near Ulm in Germany and at the NKL Liestal, Switzerland.Trainerflucht hält an: Olympiasiegerin Maxi Gnauck wechselt in die Schweiz
, GYMmedia.de (18 July 2005) He was chosen the 1984 Gymnast of the Year in East Germany. He is married and has two children, Sandra and Thomas.

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gymmedia.com 1955 births Living people People from Köthen (Anhalt) German male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships World champion gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of East Germany Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub