Erwin Koppe
| Erwin Koppe medal table |
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 Erwin Koppe on the horizontal bar, 1963 |
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 Germany , German Democratic Republic
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | 1964 | Team all-around |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | 1966 | Team all-around |
Erwin Koppe (born March 29, 1938 in Rosenheim ) is a former German gymnast .
He took in 1960 and 1964 at the Olympic Games and won the all-German team at the Games in 1964 in Tokyo a bronze medal in the team all-around. Two years later he took third place with the GDR team in the team all-around competition at the gymnastics world championships.
After moving from West Germany to the GDR in 1957, he won the single title in the all-around at GDR championships in 1959, 1962 and 1964. In addition, he was GDR champions in ring gymnastics in 1959 and 1964 , in 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1964 on parallel bars and in 1960, 1962 and 1963 on horizontal bars . His home club was the SC DHfK Leipzig , his coach there was Rudolf Schumacher .
Web links
- Erwin Koppe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Sport-komplett.de: Gymnastics - World Championships Men
- Sport-komplett.de: Gymnastics - GDR - Men's Championships
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , July 27, 1964, page 4
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Koppe, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German apparatus gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosenheim |