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Stefanie Biskupek-Kräker ( Kräker; 21 April 1960) is a German psychologist and retired gymnast who competed for
East Germany 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 ...
at the
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and 1980 Olympic Games. Over her career she won four Olympic medals and six world championship medals.


Career

Kräker began competing on the
GDR 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 ...
national team in 1976. One of her earliest senior competitions was the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won a team bronze medal. Following these Olympics Kräker emerged as a major member of the GDR team. In 1977 she became the 1977 GDR national champion and won a bronze on the uneven bars at the 1977
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. At the 1978
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in
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she won two bronze medals: team and vault. At the 1979 World Championships in Fort Worth she again won bronze with the team and on vault. The 1980 Olympic Games were Kräker's most successful championship; she received team and bars bronze medals and a silver medal on the vault. Kräker's last major competition was the 1981 World Championships in Moscow where she won team and vault bronze medals. Kräker was awarded the
Patriotic Order of Merit The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ...
in 1980.


Post-retirement

After her retirement, Biskupek-Kräker became an international judge. Biskupek-Kräker now works as a child psychologist and psychotherapist in her hometown of
Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
. She was inducted into the
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in 2011.


Eponymous skill

Kräker has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.


See also

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1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, United States, in 1979. In November 1977 the 55th Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, FIG Congress, held in Rome, changed the cycle of world championships: since 19 ...
* 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships *
Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics At the 1976 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal from July 18 through 23. For the first time in Olympic competition ...
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Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics At the 1980 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Sports Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow from July 20 through 25th. Several tea ...
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List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women) This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics Current program All-around, individual All-around, team Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the C ...


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*https://web.archive.org/web/20101111082133/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/kraker.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Kraker, Stefanie 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Leipzig German female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics