Andreas Wecker (born 2 January 1970 in

Staßfurt Staßfurt (Stassfurt) () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on both sides of the river Bode, approximately northeast of Aschersleben, and south of Magdeburg. Pop. (2005) 23,538. It was one of th ...

) is a former

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gymnast who had a long and successful career. He was European, World and Olympic champion. His greatest achievement was the gold medal on high bar at the

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. There, he beat gymnasts of such quality as

Vitaly Scherbo Vitaly Venediktovich Scherbo (or Shcherbo; russian: Виталий Венедиктович Щербо, or Shcherba; be, Віталь Венядзіктавіч Шчэрба, ''Vital' Venjadziktavich Shcherba'', born 13 January 1972) is a Bel ...

and

Alexei Nemov Alexei Yurievich Nemov (russian: link=no, Алексей Юрьевич Немов; born 28 May 1976 in Barashevo, Mordovia) is a former artistic gymnast from Russia. Nemov is most celebrated gymnasts of all time. During his career, he won fiv ...

. In 1989 Wecker was named the last East German Sportsman of the Year. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.GYMmedia.de
Wecker qualified for the German team for the

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. Just days before his events, he suffered a serious shoulder injury where he tore a biceps muscle in his shoulder, ending his career. Today, Wecker is the chairman and founder of Andreas Seed Oils, headquartered in Bend, Oregon and distributed through his office in Germany.

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1970 births Living people People from Staßfurt German male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of East Germany Olympic gymnasts of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Olympic medalists in gymnastics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub