Wolfgang Thüne (born 8 October 1949) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal with the East German team. Individually his best achievement was seventh place in the horizontal bar.[1] He won two more bronze team medals at the world championships in 1970 and 1974 as well as individual silver in the horizontal bar in 1974.[2] At the 1975 European championships in Bern, he fled to West Germany with the help of his rival Eberhard Gienger.[3] In 1977 he won the national all-round title in West Germany competing for TuS 04 Leverkusen.[4] After retirement he worked as a gymnastics coach at the same club.
 Thüne in 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 October 1949 Heilbad Heiligenstadt, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam; TuS 04 Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
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- ^ "Wolfgang Thüne". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
- ^ Turnen: Eberhard Gienger als Fluchthelfer. spiegel.de (28 October 1999)
- ^ Turnen – Deutsche Meisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
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