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Michael Nikolay

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Michael Nikolay
Nikolay in 1979
Personal information
Country represented East Germany
Born (1956-12-13) 13 December 1956 (age 67)
East Berlin, East Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Pommel horse
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Moscow Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Strasbourg Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1977 Vilna Pommel horse

Michael Nikolay (born 13 December 1956) is a retired German gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze and a silver medal with the East German team, respectively. Individually he won two bronze medals in the pommel horse at both Games; he also finished fourth on the horizontal bar and on the parallel bars in 1980.[1]

At the world championships, he won a gold medal in the pommel horse in 1981 and a bronze in the team competition in 1978.[2] He also won a European silver in the pommel horse in 1977.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Michael Nikolay". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de